Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Lew" Subject: Re: Code To Pick A Date From A Calendar Message-ID: <5022AB7C.56326.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <5022AB7C.56324.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <5022AB7C.56324.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 dc480f9a X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 bc624445 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 37 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:04:15 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344452655 69.21.70.65 (Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:04:15 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:04:15 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17375 To: Gene Wirchenko From: Lew Gene Wirchenko wrote: > Lew wrote: >>Gene Wirchenko wrote: >>> If I post code that I do not have the copyright for, I can not >>> give that right. I can agree with it all I want, but that is not the >>> same thing. > >>That's not the point. The point is that if you contribute code under >>that agreement, and you do not hold copyright, *you* are liable >>for the infringement, not the site. > > So? The site is not going to get the right. > > This could lead to trouble if a programmer posts part of an > employer's app, say a useful function. Trouble for whom? That's the point. The site's rules mean they aren't the ones who get in trouble. It isn't about whether the site gets the right, it's about whether they get the liability. That explains why they make that rule. What more are you looking for? -- Lew --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24