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Re:CLAs create different issues than making (small) open sou... by cxr on Monday August 21, 2023 @02:19PM (#37213343)
> the change is not copyrightable

Right.

> no one, including myself or my employer, can claim copyright ownership over it

People can claim anything they want. Whether they're correct is the thing. I'm suggesting that, since they've articulated a belief that they can't use it without an explicit CLA, you go ahead and yes-and them and play it out both for comedy's sake and the greater good.

Re:CLAs create different issues than making (small) open sou... by ndorf on Monday August 21, 2023 @03:03PM (#37213904)
I am sympathetic to that view, however, I have no desire to "punish" the authors for choosing to use a CLA in this case. I am not going to waste the time of multiple people at my day job to get this approved, however. Nor do I want my mental health called into question at work, which would be a predictable result of making such a request.