> To summarize, instead of using one of the OSS licenses, the copyright holders simply declare the source to be in the public domain. In order to preserve that

> To summarize, instead of using one of the OSS licenses, the copyright holders simply declare the source to be in the public domain. In order to preserve that status they don't accept patches unless you submit some signed document that you agree with that. Yep, see also this discussion about it in this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36054521#36055014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36054521#36055014