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Re: [PATCH] Fix ColdFire support for GCC 3.4 in libgloss
Doug Evans wrote:
> > I'm afraid I can't accept this change as-is. The problem is that gcc
> > code is under the GPL license and newlib does not accept GPL licensed
> > contributions. If you want to make your own set of macros based on your
> > "observations of gcc" or if you were to copy from a BSD-licensed source,
> > that would be fine, but to copy the macros (plus/minus comments)
> > directly from the gcc code is not.
>
> This isn't a problem: I'm the author of those changes in GCC,
> and my FSF copyright assignment papers grant me full ownership
> of my contributions.
Eh? I was under the impression that all FSF copyright assignments
transfer ownership to the FSF.
I've re-read my copy of the papers and there's a paragraph
explicitly saying:
"(d) FSF agrees to grant back to Developer, and does hereby grant,
non-exclusive, royalty-free and non-cancellable rights to use the
Works (i.e., Developer's changes and/or enhancements not the
Program that they enhance), as Developer sees fit; this grant back
does not limit FSF's rights and public rights acquired through
this agreement."
Yack, I really hate legal matters ;-)
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