| From: | "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)wallace(dot)ece(dot)rice(dot)edu> |
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| To: | Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, bruc(at)acm(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Re: Copyright |
| Date: | 2000-01-30 00:21:55 |
| Message-ID: | 20000129182155.A14612@rice.edu |
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On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 07:07:34AM -0800, Don Baccus wrote:
> At 02:10 AM 1/29/00 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> >If anyone wants to look into Apache and see how it's set up, I've got no
> >problem with taking a look. I think it's real easy to make a mountain
> >out of a molehill in this area, however. Look at FSF --- they actually
> >require signed paperwork (hard copy, not email) from any potential
> >contributor before they will accept code contributions. Do we want to
> >get that anal-retentive? I hope not.
>
> Yes, in spirit I'm certainly with you on this one. I presume some
> laywer started hacking code in his spare time then started hacking
> the FSF as well :)
Nah, I think it's more like how the rules are always more strict for
first born children: parents don't want to make a mistake, and don't
know what might _be_ a mistake, so set early curfews, etc. Once some more
kids come along (read Free Software projects) they start to loosen up...
Ross
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Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>
NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Rice University, 6100 S. Main St., Houston, TX 77005
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