[sldev] What is the point of firstlook and giving feedback to LL

[Harold Brown]

The release client is not GPL.  Without the contribution agreement
they can't add that code to the release client.   Which means it then
can't be added to the GPL code, because that code is derived from the
closed license release client.


On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Henri Beauchamp <sldev at free.fr> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:34:26 -0700, Rob Lanphier wrote:
>
> > On 4/10/08 11:35 AM, Henri Beauchamp wrote:
> > > On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:22:40 -0400, Felix Duesenburg wrote:
> > >
> > >> Henri Beauchamp wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I already gave up submitting bug reports to the JIRA as this proved
> > >>> to be a total loss of time and energy.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> I vote that some people are not allowed posting there anyway without a
> > >> patch attached. Especially those that claim they're so good that by the
> > >> time they spent ranting they could have squashed a few bugs. How come we
> > >> have any open issues at all then.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Be happy: http://sldev.free.fr/
> > >
> > > I do not only criticize, I also contribute. All my patches were also
> > > submitted to the JIRA.... with little to no result.
> > >
> > ....but without a contribution agreement, so we can't accept the
> > changes  :-(
>
> I already replied to you on this point: my patches are released under
> the GPL. You do not need a contribution agreement to apply GPLed patches
> to GPL code.
>
> Regards,
>
> Henri.
>
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