Re: r1.100 of getdate.y changed 'ago' behavior

[Edgar Toernig]

Paul Eggert wrote:
>
> Would you be willing to assign the copyright to the Free Software
> Foundation, so that we could install it in gnulib and coreutils?

My answer:
>
> I consider it as public domain - do with it whatever you want.

Paul:
>
> Thanks, but the change is complicated enough that we should get
> papers from you in order to incorporate it.  Otherwise, I'll have
> to forget the details about what you wrote and do it again myself
> from the underlying idea.

I:
>
> You've gotta be kidding!

Paul:
> 
> Sorry, but I'm not. [...]  we can't accept a simple disclaimer
> via email.

IMNSHO, that's ridiculous.  To fix a simple bug I shall write and
sign a copyright transfer and send that letter around half the
world???  If I had known that in advance I would have never written
the patch.  Maybe a big notice on the home page "DON'T BOTHER TO
SEND PATCHES UNLESS YOU'RE READY TO ALSO SEND US A SIGNED COPYRIGHT
TRANSFER VIA SNAIL MAIL" would be appropriate.

However, if anyone wants to see the bug fixed and is willing to
do the paperwork, I've placed the patch in the public domain.
Anybody can do anything he wants with it.  Just claim that you
wrote the patch, send it to Paul and a copyright transfer letter
to whatever address he will give you.

Be assured, I'll never bother a GNU project with bug fixes again.

A displeased ET.

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