Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:09:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/cc Makefile Message-ID: <200109110109.f8B19AM18814@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010910173408.A71034@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <200109101605.f8AG5dO72263@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010910095937J.jkh@freebsd.org> <20010910173408.A71034@dragon.nuxi.com>
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<<On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:34:08 -0700, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> said: > May I remind everyone that they should not commit to src/contrib/gcc > unless they have paperwork on file with FSF for themselves and their > employer. Just to expand on what David said: In order to accept changes into the official GCC distribution, FSF requires that the copyright holder(s) execute a written assignment transferring copyright to them. It's not enough to simply place your code under the GPL; the FSF wants to own outright all of the code in GCC and other software projects they sponsor. (Doing so makes it possible for FSF to take legal action against license violators without involving every Dick and Jane Hacker who ever made an enhancement to the code.) So if someone makes a change that FSF will not accept into the official code, then it will be a constant effort for the maintainer and all his successors to merge local changes into new compiler versions. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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