Contributor Agreement: how to submit somebody else's patch

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Hi Ming,

On 15/03/2016 03:43, Ming wrote:
> Hi Luca,
> 
> You can obtain a written permission from the original author.

What do you mean by "written permission"? Would an e-mail to this
mailing list be enough?

> Alternatively, you can rewrite your own solution to the problem, hence
> making it your original work.
>
> Regards,
> Ming
> 
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 3:39 AM, Luca Ceresoli <luca at lucaceresoli.net
> <mailto:luca at lucaceresoli.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Dear PJSIP developers,
> 
>     I have a question concerning the Contributor Agreement
>     (http://trac.pjsip.org/repos/wiki/ContributionAgreement).
> 
>     I have a build problem in PJSIP and found a patch to fix it on the
>     repository of another open source project. The original author does not
>     seem to be interested in mainlining their fix.
> 
>     I would like to send myself the patch but I'm not sure I'm allowed to do
>     it because of the following sentence in the agreement:
> 
>     > With respect to your contribution, you represent that: [...]
>     > it is an original work
> 
>     In this case I cannot state it is an original work. And if my
>     understanding is correct it would be illegal to apply the fix under the
>     agreement, unless the original author wants to submit it.
> 
>     Am I correct?
> 
>     How can I have the fix in upstream?
> 
>     Thanks,
>     --
>     Luca
> 
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Regards,
-- 
Luca



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