From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B9353858D35 for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2022 12:50:33 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 5B9353858D35 Received: from mail-wm1-f70.google.com (mail-wm1-f70.google.com [209.85.128.70]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-550-XllPhyfoOj2Y-I5i9J-3Tw-1; Mon, 07 Mar 2022 07:50:32 -0500 X-MC-Unique: XllPhyfoOj2Y-I5i9J-3Tw-1 Received: by mail-wm1-f70.google.com with SMTP id r133-20020a1c448b000000b00385c3f3defaso4771405wma.3 for ; Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:50:31 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent :content-language:to:cc:references:from:subject:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=CjAxJ6pPW1x/5/odr4Vf3CsQh3y3mqusEt1At8NH4vk=; b=Vdq166YiRksv/pr2rhORG6QF8IbJXKLec1iKPHUUYs3E1rXb0m6PUuGp2d6MsW9Dm3 ZFq6y6Il0Vi+8PPZ6xxnlv3V43Q/hnm3BZS2mre7RbuN1IbqQt2WAYSq/s9GWQw0Or7x avKWohN4rO/QzErtS/PhlU/2Wqh+6yA8SSXgPhJJdwGARO3UfXzQ6C8X745E8lUChh3L 146RjSukVfb50og2RCOaizz1z+cKduFW2pkzjDIMObXS2PWxGIu2fe2lWNDL34yGAsaK lyg0NgDG0FUVhJwMWCUWlrFBbW/Vw1SaEf6Ed9CpNByLZTmxmrXq1MRfxQkwIqgR4W2Q riDA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533H+9aXs/+e2vs4PSg/pRZ0LZXAZlsVYus2KYxshuozhxSmEiHS 6IR+AP7jmWY2vIJ+u2rAm+vGWKeyh6HwLWmog3hx6Kmy60k7IGmf7E9nbSzLMvs1Lmtw8lq1R/G +1PvRspEx6tEgXpLVxg== X-Received: by 2002:a7b:c5d0:0:b0:355:482a:6f44 with SMTP id n16-20020a7bc5d0000000b00355482a6f44mr8877068wmk.58.1646657430653; Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:50:30 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzpCgxCKTK2jC0UMJ42YcJn1a0xNSdP+9yKeqGMTvlh0r0S36rAAb1v5aQsGXlLUHmkUJYIzQ== X-Received: by 2002:a7b:c5d0:0:b0:355:482a:6f44 with SMTP id n16-20020a7bc5d0000000b00355482a6f44mr8877063wmk.58.1646657430505; Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:50:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (adsl-2-solo-173-39.claranet.co.uk. [80.168.173.39]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r12-20020a05600c2c4c00b003816932de9csm19653656wmg.24.2022.03.07.04.50.29 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:50:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2a102aea-e99f-aa4c-9b49-e618f04ba660@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 12:50:29 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.5.0 To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" , Sagar Patel Cc: Chenghua Xu , binutils@sourceware.org References: From: Nick Clifton Subject: Re: [committed v2] MIPS/opcodes: Fix alias annotation for branch instructions In-Reply-To: X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-GB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: binutils@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Binutils mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:50:34 -0000 Hi Maciej, Hi Sagar, >> It would be great if this project could drop the copyright assignment >> requirement like gcc [1]. This would certainly reduce friction in the >> process of contributing. (I know you're probably not the person that >> makes these decisions. Just putting this out there.) > > I do not know if any decision WRT the copyright policy for binutils will > be unilateral or consensus-based (probably the latter, in which case I > will most likely have a chance to speak out), but in any case Nick will > be the best person to tell. Nick? This really needs to be a consensus based decision. I would not feel comfortable imposing such a change on the project, especially if there are strong objections to it. From a personal point of view, I would like to continue to support the FSF and it goal of Free Software for all. But I understand that recent events have made some contributors unhappy with the governance of the FSF and as a result they are less willing to pursue copyright assignments. Cheers Nick