On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 02:35:26PM -0500, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
I don't think anyone claims copyright on correcting a small typo, for
example.
There are all kinds of crazy people in the world who claim things they don't have the right to, but to pursue the matter ad absurdum, any lawsuit over a small typo is going to be thrown out for failing a de minimis test.
Nevertheless, I understand wanting to err on the side of safety. Politics and courtesy probably play a larger role here than actual legal concerns. And I certainly agree with Jonathan that IANAL. :)
Marvin said something about implicitly giving up copyright, in the
previous big thread about licenses (in sep+oct).
I must have said something about granting implicit license under the license of the project when you provide a patch, which is definitely not the same thing as implicitly giving up copyright.
Marvin Humphrey