how much right do I have on my project, if there are patches by others?

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Lawrence Rosen (lrosen at rosenlaw.com):

> Perhaps Rick and Matthew are both a little confused? Take a look at
> http://rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm, chapter 2, page 32. 

I've read that chapter, and do appreciate your work (plus your pointer to
it).  

I'm not sure I was confused before, but definitely am now -- in that I
don't see anything there differing from what I was saying.  Care to
elaborate, please?