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Re: [PATCH][BZ #16398] Fix infinite loop in ftell when writing wide char data
- From: Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal dot cx>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Cc: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:34:24 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH][BZ #16398] Fix infinite loop in ftell when writing wide char data
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- References: <20140131051923 dot GL2149 at spoyarek dot pnq dot redhat dot com> <20140131190337 dot GX24286 at brightrain dot aerifal dot cx> <20140131192607 dot 05D5474430 at topped-with-meat dot com>
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:26:06AM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote:
> Most test cases are pretty small such that either copyright doesn't apply
> (if really tiny) or it's simple enough to rewrite the case from scratch
> once you roughly grok the bug.
>
> FSF requires signed disclaimers from people who want to declare their code
> to be in the public domain before we can use it, too. An informal
> statement in email is no more legally sound when it says, "I created this
> and put it in the public domain," than when it says, "I own the copyright
> for this and hereby transfer that ownership to you." If you want to verify
> that this is still the policy (my understanding of this stuff is all 20+
> years old) and/or complain about it, talk to assign@gnu.org or
> licensing@fsf.org, don't post here about things nobody here can control.
I figured that the FSF might want stronger documentation of code being
placed in the public domain, which is why I suggested seeking an
exemption for test-case code, on the basis that by not being part of
the actually built/installed product, it's much less risky. The
copyright status of the tests has essentially no bearing on users or
distributors of GNU/Linux systems.
Rich