On 09/02/2019 21:33, Kaganski Mike wrote: > Hmm... I'm sorry for not being clear. My point was that since our > patches (in our tree) were changing Firebird, they *automatically* IANAL - but I suspect this process very much depends on the license in question, and the contribution policy for firebird - as an aside the: https://firebirdsql.org/en/get-involved/ has an unhelpful 404 for "contributing patches" today. Either way this is certainly -not- the right forum to discuss legal / licensing questions. As a general yard-stick, (and depending on the project) - encouraging those who create the patches to submit them up-stream themselves is a good idea. We really do want to get these things up-stream - so it's a great initiative Julien. ATB, Michael. -- michael.meeks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <><, GM Collabora Productivity Hangout: mejmeeks@xxxxxxxxx, Skype: mmeeks (M) +44 7795 666 147 - timezone usually UK / Europe _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice