On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 11:35:41PM -0400, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Samuel Hocevar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
>          I'm quite curious about this: if a piece of code is released
>        under no license, doesn't the author keep all the rights on the
>        code ?
> 
> Yes.

But only if the patch is substantial enough in itself to be protected by
copyright.

Oneliners like

-if (symbol) {
+if (!symbol) {

are not substantial patches. 

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Brian Ristuccia
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