I have no problem removing the copyright from the patch. I will be changing the patch slightliy to implement Stas's suggestion of $socket->poll() instead of APR::Poll->poll(). When I submit that patch, there will be no copyright.
Nonblocking sockets shall take precedence over hourly billing lawyers ;) Regards, Ken Joe Schaefer [28/08/04 20:17 -0400]: > Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > in order to accept your code, it should be either posted here without any > > copyright notices in the post (which automatically makes it a public domain), > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > No, it doesn't: > > http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl100.html > > ... Since the Berne Convention prohibits formal requirements that > affect the exercise and enjoyment of the copyright, the United States > changed its law on March 1, 1989 to make the use of a copyright notice > optional. > > IMO a patch containing a copyright notice is problematic because > it's no longer clear the author intends for it to be treated as > a typical contribution to the project. > > -- > Joe Schaefer > > > -- > Report problems: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ > Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html > List etiquette: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html > -- Report problems: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html List etiquette: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html
