Re: [CEDET-devel] EDE binary file organizaion

[Eric M. L. <eri...@gm...>]

I would expect so, though my pragmatic view is if your project is very 
small, then the risk may not matter.  There are plenty of small projects 
that skip that step, then go on and gather their papers much later, as 
CEDET did.

Eric

On 03/01/2012 12:38 AM, Chris "fakedrake" Perivolaropoulos wrote:
> Hmm good point.
> Theoretically speaking, is that what all free programs should do to
> protect themselves?
> On 01/03/12 00:37, Eric M. Ludlam wrote:
>> While you may be able to declare your change GPL, your school or
>> employer also happens to have a legal option on your work.  If they
>> choose to, they could revoke the license you attempt to provide.  That
>> is the purpose of the legal papers, to make sure there are no
>> surprises.  The likely hood may be small, but even if it is 1%, when
>> you pass that across thousands of contributions, it is likely to
>> happen with some frequency.
>>