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The distinction doesn't matter because in the end they can do what ever they want with the code you disclaim to them. The whole thing is very political and pointless to hash over and over again.<div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>/b</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 5, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Tilghman Lesher wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">When you contribute code to Asterisk, you retain ownership of your code.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">are NOT disclaiming the contribution; you are LICENSING the contribution.</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">This is an important legal distinction, and all too often, it gets muddled by</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">people who either do not understand the distinction or have ulterior motives.</font></p> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>