23 May
2021
23 May
'21
10:02 a.m.
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 15:06:09 -0400, Manhong Dai via aur-general wrote:
"locally patch it in any way you like"
I basically agree with everything you said, but the statement quoted above is tricky.
As I said before, it really depends on how you patch it. If it is a diff patch file, which always uses the original code, then the upstream programmer does have a ground to sue.
Isn't a patch file simply nothing more than a formalised way of explaining "here is how you (yourself, on your machine) have to change the source to make it work". Why is it different from a guide in plain $human_language that explains the same set of changes? Best, Tinu