RE: Rsync over ssh (pulling from Cygwin to Linux) stalls..

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

On 18 August 2006 16:08, mwoehlke wrote:

> Dave Korn wrote:
>> On 18 August 2006 15:26, mwoehlke wrote:
>>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>>> On 18 August 2006 14:31, Williams, Gerald S (Jerry) wrote:
>>>>> Can anyone from RedHat acknowledge that this arrangement
>>>>> would be acceptable to them? If so, that would potentially
>>>>> open the door to any public domain code.
>>>>   I don't suppose for one second that the RedHat legal team are actually
>>>> reading this newgroup. 
>>>> 
>>>>   *sip*
>>>> 
>>>>   :-)
>>> Yeeeeeaah, that was my thought :-)
>>> 
>>> To answer the question, though, that's the whole point of making a
>>> trivial change. My understanding
>> 
>>   *sip*
> 
> Was that because I answered the question, or because of the implied
> "IANAL, but..."? ;-)

  Yes!

> 
>>> is you can copyright that trivial
>>> change, which then covers the entire work, with the exception that the
>>> original PD version is still PD.
>> 
>>   Why wouldn't it just cover the trivial change then?
> 
> It does, and it doesn't, or so I understand. 

  *sip*

> Copyright law is funny that
> way. :-) Do you *really* want me to attempt an explanation, or have you
> had enough to drink already?

  No, and no!

>>> Hmm, is there a list legal<AT>redhat<DOT>com? ;-)
>> 
>>   Dunno.  You could always give it a try.  If what you get back has a
>> disclaimer more than thirty times as big as the message body, you'll know
>> you've reached a lawyer.
> 
> ...and I'll be drunk, according to the latest rule. ;-)

  Hooray!

  Well, it is Friday afternoon, after all.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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