Re: [PATCH] libgompd: Add OMPD support and global ICV functions

[Mohamed Atef <mohamedatef1698@gmail.com>]

Hi Jakub,
   Sorry for the rush of emails, I removed the Copyright part, I will use
DCO.
Note: I filled out the form.

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 2:55 PM Mohamed Atef <mohamedatef1698@gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 2:43 PM Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 02:10:29PM +0200, Mohamed Atef wrote:
>> > > As I said earlier, as this is just partial implementation of the
>> > > OMPD, I think it would be better to commit it to a git branch but
>> > > already in the upstream repository, say devel/omp/ompd branch.
>> > >
>> > > Do you have a FSF Copyright assignment on file or do you want to
>> > > submit this under DCO (https://gcc.gnu.org/dco.html)?
>> >
>> > If the latter, should I remove the header comment?
>> > I mean this part " Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> >               Contributed by Mohamed Atef <mohamedatef1698@gmail.com>.
>> "
>> > In fact, I don't know the difference, so which is better for the
>> community?
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> Getting the FSF Copyright assignment can take a while, in the past it
>> involved sending snail mail papers and could take a few weeks or more,
>> I think nowadays it is through email but still can take some time.
>> The DCO is described in the link above.
>>
>> As for the Copyright line, I must say I don't know,
>> https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2021-June/236217.html
>> says that it probably should be just
>>   Copyright The GNU Toolchain Authors.
>>
> I don't have FSF Copyright, I just copied the comment as I thought it's
> some standard.
> I will change it to "Copyright The GNU Toolchain Authors".
>
>> in that case, but we have the DCO option only for less than a year
>> and apparently no file has such a Copyright line.
>>
>> If you wish to use FSF Copyright assignment, somebody needs to mail you
>> details that you fill in and mail to FSF.
>>
>> I will use DCO, we have less than 2 months to finish the project.
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>>         Jakub
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> Mohamed
>