From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH] blame.c: don't drop origin blobs as eagerly Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 14:34:35 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: <1464356141-3797-1-git-send-email-dak@gnu.org> <87d1o7pkyy.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87shx2oaaw.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com To: David Kastrup X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat May 28 14:35:12 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1b6dSR-0004H5-4b for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sat, 28 May 2016 14:35:11 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751125AbcE1Meu (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2016 08:34:50 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:56863 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750801AbcE1Met (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2016 08:34:49 -0400 Received: from virtualbox ([37.24.143.84]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx003) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0M1W5x-1bLhUR1tCD-00tVSD; Sat, 28 May 2016 14:34:34 +0200 X-X-Sender: virtualbox@virtualbox In-Reply-To: <87shx2oaaw.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:QW8r+LSov0h+gh03qPKAO9zq6D5Dzghd2oZs4qN3qxuiWIJRmwd oPFhgshmn/mToB/vjpE5DqBOx6hG327SK2G0PNLJf/Z06bT8YjvO2PErjq3CgLvzdwoUJlA ym4rkE4ESU3NtIdU0qdLGVD+rV1wcco0kn2+hBkzoDyAF6F2vYo99AbtRk4NC3/uPFgsAEL IuOhTN7VT8Kh0/xN7H4oQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:w4mrNpZ4i3E=:qHRslklDuyoIDOmsOXEIs6 2A47KrzlGsPFm0X/BEcJMXfsfbhgLMV6yiSgGsuL9wIAGC56v25FkKBOO9cA31d1u7zaXWYZ2 0FZjc/QS608I86gPDiUhA/nGIAAnk87jnUU+YcHAuoY/V/yrYNLkKBaasUITK3jMwKYkXzumu DAbp6RodLP7p/2PWh6Zu1nCvNPOlAGrovVmSjSvm9vmAdKM9DU9UlvYWyTiRMEOccdOr7F18q LC1DmENvJbQdyzi/j3xh6HzT1kP15WpcKl1nFVzKnQth9/5AW2m7God1lZsJTfIHRvcBzkpL6 j0s1QY9Q0a78kRvSv6OGq66LPX50VyMVhHffbDBIv8eCD6VBr85NJdgvAs6KLZhqSa+9+9p6M y0S4bsZtrwrd2npsxIf42Yo8otFSuDiFnEUuWvq1u28VUvvhCw6IlDSE8PEwzXRohWjcH9pSc FJtFPFAxSKej+6fY+zIwn108Iah/VFeyTj5TTk4RUJO9nBqWyaZOd7bJO0Ye5+P+ThHghZr1Y yYgj5XzMsET/W2zvY+n3kJRMUK1SccyxxxWCwArgrQGOVn7HBXkTmWPglkL+hsqnYyVUuGp9C s43FnQYRpyjiz00453PDOJyvckkiZ0WXQV8E17+YTGLBoJTHu0Azu+KCtskDL/xut3KdbiRtH hm2F0wny2/7pZV8imWMRvhWfhS2CrODF3Jus1oKHgYzbA8KhMmpRqHqD5ychtXBZWeSaIHo/T ZIMdr+ocwyM3Atf+4zhvSpUUyEceSK0t+P5ofLovhFvURtoUN5ZeWlXINkhebIkkZcOd/+3e Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi David, On Sat, 28 May 2016, David Kastrup wrote: > > The short version of your answer is that you will leave this patch in > > its current form and address none of my concerns because you moved on, > > correct? If so, that's totally okay, it just needs to be spelled out. > > Yes, that's it. You'll notice that the code change itself is both > minuscule as well purely functional, so it contains nothing > copyrightable. That is unfortunately an interpretation of the law that would need to come from a professional lawyer. As it is, the patch was clearly authored by you, and anybody else who would claim authorship would most likely be breaking the law. So I won't touch it. Sorry, Johannes