> So you concede that it doesn't matter if you wrote over half the code?

There's just no way you can conclude that from my comments. I explicitely said I could enforce copyright on my code, even if it's only half of the project.

Again, the comment I was replying to said this:

> If someone uses a portion of your code you don't have copyright over,

Does no one see the logical contradiction in that statement?

YOUR code that YOU DON'T OWN.

Uh... then it's not MY CODE, is it? Is that really that hard to figure out?

I'll explain using simple examples, as people apparently aren't getting it.

* If a third-party contributor to my project re-uses his own code elsewhere, I don't care. It's his code.

* If someone violates copyright on a third-party contributors code, again, I don't really care. He's responsible for enforcing copyright on his code. I'm not.

* And if he's contributing code to my project, I'm pretty sure that code is integrated into my project, and is largely useless outside of it. So the odds of a violation of just his code are pretty small.

* If someone infringes on the project as a whole, then I own copyright to the majority, and I can enforce my copyright, independent of anyone else.

* [edit] And if I submit code to the FSF and assign copyright to them, then it's their responsibility to enforce copyright... because they own the copyright. And yes, I have no standing.

Is that clear? Can people please stop down-voting me for pointing out logical inconsistencies?