Why so few Python jobs? (and licenses)

[Bernhard Herzog]

Mark <mmealman at tarsis.org> writes:

> But if the alternative is that once you GPL software you lose all copyrights
> over it once anyone submits a patch, then there's every reason not to
> release your software under the GPL.

That's completely independent of the GPL. Both you and the author of the
patch hold the copyright to the work that results from applying the
patch (Assuming that both the original software and the patch are not
public domain and that the author of the patch doesn't assign the
copyright to you).

   Bernhard

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