Re: [AD] giftware license

[Michal Molhanec <michal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Elias Pschernig wrote:
> maybe every portion of code
> is under the copyright of whoever wrote it? 

of course. but this is not the problem. you must distinguish between 
copyright and the rights to use the work. by submitting code to the 
allegro you still have the copyright (and this is why allegro isn't 
public domain) but you give anybody the rights to use your contribution 
in any way he/she wants. IMHO

> That reply I got on
> opensource.org seems to suggest that.. and Allegro has no clause like
> "by submitting code to Allegro you agree to put it under Allegro's
> license" or something like that. If there ever should be a lawsuit
> concerning the rights to Allegro's code, that definitely would be
> funny..

i don't think this is problem. if X is under licence L and i submit 
something to X (e.g. by sending it directly to X developers mailing 
list) i think it's expression of fact that i'm accepting the licence

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Regards,
    Michal