From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7588 invoked by alias); 28 Mar 2003 19:57:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ecos-maintainers-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-maintainers-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 7581 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2003 19:57:12 -0000 Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:57:00 -0000 From: FSF General Contact Address To: ecos-maintainers@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [gnu.org #25869] eCos as an FSF project? Message-ID: <20030328192326.GF3053@gnu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-SW-Source: 2003-03/txt/msg00083.txt.bz2 On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 11:03:23AM -0500, Jonathan Larmour via RT wrote: > On behalf of the eCos maintainers, I would like to express our interest in > possibly becoming an FSF project. Dear Jonathan, and the rest of the eCos team, Thank you for taking the time to write to us with your questions about Free Software Foundation's possible support for the eCos project. We appreciate the wonderful contribution your works provides to the free software community, and would be happy to assist you in what ways we can. Historically, FSF has accepted copyright for those programs which become part of the GNU project. This is not because of any legal restrictions or obligations on us; it is simply how things have gone. We would like to know, however, if you would be willing to consider making eCos part of the GNU project. Becoming a GNU project means that the project developers agree to GNU policies. These are listed at . They are the full requirements; beyond what is listed there, the developers have full autonomy over the program's development. It would not be problematic for Red Hat to hold copyright alongside FSF. I believe the addresses all your questions and concerns. Let me know what you think about having eCos be part of the GNU project, and we will work from there. Of course, if you have further questions about what it means to be a GNU program, or about copyright assignment, please feel free to contact me. Best regards, -- Brett Smith, Free Software Foundation Become a card-carrying member of FSF: http://member.fsf.org/ Help support our work for FSF and the GNU project: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=fsfinfo