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Re: Lack of Cygwin contributors? Was: How is textmode/binmode determined ...
Ian Miller wrote:
>
> Surely if a non-Cygnus contributor makes a contribution to Cygwin then this
> contributor still implicitly retains his copyright in that contribution
> (obviously this is somewhat dependent on the significance of the
> contribution). In that case, the only way that Cygnus may use that code
> contribution is if it is licensed to them -- presumably under the terms
> of the GPL? In which case, how is it legal for Cygnus to then license
> that contribution to a third party under some license *other* than the GPL?
>
Ok, I'm an idiot and didn't read the bit about the assignment form. Sorry!
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/contrib.html
cheers,
ian
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