Re: libssh patch

[Aris Adamantiadis <aris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ruben,

This was just to be sure you agreed with the copyright rules before
committing, so that way there is no surprise.

We will commit your second and third patch, and wait for the first one.
Once again, thanks a lot for contributing to libssh !

Aris

Ruben Garcia Azuara a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
>     Ok, I will suppress the brackets in config.c file.
> 
>     My intention is colaborate with the community to improve the
> library, if you think is better, I could do the patch again, and send a
> mail, without any reference to Telefonica. I didn´t try use the patch to
> add a new Telefonica copyright.
> 
>     I wait your response and thanks for your time.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> El 06/04/2010 21:23, Aris Adamantiadis escribió:
>> Hi Andreas,
>>
>> As told on IRC, I think that his patches are to small to be eligible to
>> the statute of copywritable work.
>> Rubben, this is of course not in the intention of minimizing your work.
>> What you did is cool but in my opinion not worth adding your name to
>> the copyright file.
>> I think our copyright policy against corporations is relevant anyway,
>> in case you'd do some other development for libssh for your company.
>>
>> Do you agree that we commit your patch in these conditions ? your name
>> and email address would appear in the git logs.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Aris
>>
>> Andreas Schneider a écrit :
>>   
>>> On Tuesday 06 April 2010 20:26:05 you wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Hi,
>>>>        
>>> Hi Rubben,
>>>
>>>     
>>>>     A new feature patch.
>>>>
>>>>     This has two files because I forgot one file in the first patch,
>>>> sorry
>>>> if it is a problem.
>>>>        
>>> that's no problem. The commit message states:
>>>
>>>     Ruben Garcia Azuara, a Telefonica I+D SAU worker, deliver a patch to
>>>     add OpenSSH parameters to libssh.
>>>
>>> We have a copyright policy:
>>>
>>> The developers of libssh have a policy of asking for contributions to
>>> be made
>>> under the personal copyright of the contributor, instead of a corporate
>>> copyright.
>>>
>>> There are some reasons for the establishment of this policy:
>>>
>>>      * Individual copyrights make copyright registration in the US a
>>> simpler
>>> process.
>>>      * If libssh is copyrighted by individuals rather than corporations,
>>> decisions regarding enforcement and protection of copyright will,
>>> more likely,
>>> be made in the interests of the project, and not in the interests of any
>>> corporation’s shareholders.
>>>      * If we ever need to relicense a portion of the code contacting
>>> individuals for permission to do so is much easier than contacting a
>>> company
>>>
>>> http://www.libssh.org/development/
>>>
>>> So I have to ask if you contribute this personally, else we can't
>>> accept the
>>> patch.
>>>
>>>
>>>     -- andreas
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>    
> 
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