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Re: question about markings of fgetgrent and fgetpwent
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- To: Zeng Linggang <zenglg dot jy at cn dot fujitsu dot com>
- Cc: <mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com>, Ma Shimiao <mashimiao dot fnst at cn dot fujitsu dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 18:54:57 -0300
- Subject: Re: question about markings of fgetgrent and fgetpwent
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- References: <54ED633E dot 2040609 at cn dot fujitsu dot com> <CAKgNAkjPchz11JQHkAko-r2eZqwRqWCE7Mqs6MeyE4NH-Gz2cg at mail dot gmail dot com> <or381kdvqd dot fsf at livre dot home> <1435118826 dot 2550 dot 8 dot camel at G08FNSTD140232 dot g08 dot fujitsu dot local>
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On Jun 24, 2015, Zeng Linggang <zenglg.jy@cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> I have sent a patch([PATCH] manual/users.texi: Modify race markings of
> fgetpwent and fgetgrent) to libc-alpha@sourceware.org, but nobody reply.
> Could you(@Alexandre Oliva) help to review.
I saw a message from you with that subject, but it's best that we don't
even look at patches from Fujitsu-Nanda until the copyright situation is
sorted out. We had to get colleagues to reimplement patches submitted
by Fujitsu from scratch, in a clean-room fashion, because others
involved in the project had been copyright-tainted by looking at the
patches. This is not a reasonable situation for us to be in.
GNU libc can't accept non-trivial patches without the paperwork, and I'm
told Ma Shimiao faced impossible difficulties trying to get corporate
paperwork to submit to the FSF, and the personal assignment is not
enough for corporate contributions.
So please try to get the Fujitsu copyright paperwork situation sorted
out so that the GNU libc community can look at and consider merging
patches coming from you or from Ma Shimiao.
Please let us know when the situation is sorted out, and then send ping
messages to get the patches looked at and reviewed.
Thanks,
--
Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighter http://FSFLA.org/~lxoliva/
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Gandhi
Be Free! -- http://FSFLA.org/ FSF Latin America board member
Free Software Evangelist|Red Hat Brasil GNU Toolchain Engineer