From: Joe Buck <Joe.Buck@synopsys.COM>
To: "Manuel López-Ibáñez" <lopezibanez@gmail.com>
Cc: "ams@gnu.org" <ams@gnu.org>, gcc Mailing List <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Why not contribute? (to GCC)
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:04:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100423231945.GR3866@synopsys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <x2m6c33472e1004231535l1c27426ald8479d82d853b838@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 03:35:26PM -0700, Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote:
> On 24 April 2010 00:18, Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > The disclaimers are legally necessary though, the FSF needs a paper
> > trail in the case your employer comes back and claims that they have
> > copyright over a change.
>
> BTW, in this aspect there is no difference between GCC and LLVM. The
> latter also requires to assign copyright to the University of
> Illinois. If you don't have a copyright disclaimer before contributing
> to LLVM, you are exposing yourself to some future legal troubles.
The main difficulties I've experienced haven't been with the copyright
assignment itself, but the issues surrounding patents in the default
disclaimer language (though I understand that the FSF has negotiated other
language with a number of corporate contributors).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-23 23:20 UTC|newest]
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2010-04-23 18:56 Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 19:04 ` Paolo Carlini
2010-04-23 19:24 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-23 19:58 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-23 20:43 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 21:49 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-23 22:18 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-23 23:20 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-25 15:34 ` Denys Vlasenko
2010-04-25 16:34 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 5:06 ` Olivier Galibert
2010-04-26 5:16 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 11:41 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-04-27 2:03 ` Russ Allbery
2010-04-27 2:58 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-27 14:57 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-04-23 19:34 ` Дмитрий Дьяченко
2010-04-23 19:45 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 19:53 ` Joel Sherrill
2010-04-24 16:00 ` Дмитрий Дьяченко
2010-04-24 16:02 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 16:45 ` Joel Sherrill
2010-04-24 18:07 ` Laurent GUERBY
2010-04-23 19:40 ` David Daney
2010-04-25 19:26 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-23 19:48 ` Marc Glisse
2010-04-23 20:06 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 21:36 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-04-23 21:45 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 0:05 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-04-24 0:37 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2010-04-24 0:47 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-04-24 0:48 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-24 1:37 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 20:26 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-25 21:46 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 22:16 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-25 22:48 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 0:28 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-26 0:30 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 0:37 ` Jack Howarth
2010-04-26 1:45 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 2:06 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-26 2:32 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-26 2:55 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-26 3:02 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 3:08 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-26 3:23 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-26 3:25 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 3:25 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-26 9:32 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-26 11:48 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-04-27 4:02 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-27 7:57 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-04-26 12:20 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 12:36 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-26 15:11 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-27 3:21 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-27 3:55 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 3:32 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 4:02 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-26 4:13 ` Russ Allbery
2010-04-26 4:32 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 4:36 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-26 4:22 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 9:23 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-24 1:39 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-23 22:35 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-25 19:37 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-25 21:35 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 4:32 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-26 4:54 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 9:41 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-26 17:14 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2010-04-26 17:19 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-26 15:11 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-23 22:18 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-23 22:53 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 0:04 ` Joe Buck [this message]
2010-04-24 0:21 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-04-24 1:00 ` Joe Buck
2010-04-24 0:08 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-04-24 0:35 ` Joe Buck
2010-04-24 0:41 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-04-24 1:32 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-24 1:39 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-24 2:13 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-24 5:14 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-24 6:02 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-24 1:35 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 19:54 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-25 21:42 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-24 10:26 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 10:39 ` Eric Botcazou
2010-04-24 13:02 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 4:20 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-25 8:40 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-25 10:56 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-25 14:59 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-25 15:04 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-25 15:20 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-25 15:21 ` H.J. Lu
2010-04-25 21:37 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-25 16:30 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 16:54 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-25 17:04 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-25 17:09 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 17:05 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-25 17:05 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 17:08 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-26 9:07 ` Andrew Haley
2010-04-25 19:19 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-25 21:24 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 5:14 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-26 7:17 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 11:59 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-26 15:12 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-26 16:59 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-26 17:26 ` Olivier Galibert
2010-04-26 18:04 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-27 2:16 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-27 3:02 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-27 20:43 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-27 5:10 ` Olivier Galibert
2010-04-27 12:27 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 19:28 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-26 20:53 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-26 21:06 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-26 21:42 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-26 22:18 ` Toon Moene
2010-04-27 2:56 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-27 3:04 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-27 4:54 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-25 17:16 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-25 17:35 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 17:58 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-25 21:17 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 16:26 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 18:04 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-25 12:43 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-23 20:03 ` HyperQuantum
2010-04-23 20:14 ` HyperQuantum
2010-04-23 20:19 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 20:24 ` Paweł Sikora
2010-04-23 20:42 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 20:51 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-23 21:05 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 22:01 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-24 9:19 ` Jonathan Wakely
2010-04-24 10:51 ` Paweł Sikora
2010-04-24 11:10 ` Andi Hellmund
2010-04-24 12:12 ` Joseph S. Myers
2010-04-24 13:20 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-24 13:53 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 14:14 ` Toon Moene
2010-04-24 2:09 ` Tim Prince
2010-04-24 5:08 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-23 20:32 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 20:22 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-23 20:59 ` Florian Weimer
2010-04-23 22:06 ` Russ Allbery
2010-04-24 8:53 ` Michael Veksler
2010-04-24 19:43 ` Thomas Neumann
2010-04-24 20:03 ` Joel Sherrill
2010-04-24 20:28 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 20:37 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-24 20:37 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 20:43 ` Richard Guenther
2010-04-24 20:39 ` Richard Guenther
2010-04-24 20:45 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 21:40 ` Andi Hellmund
2010-04-24 22:19 ` Joel Sherrill
2010-04-25 12:54 ` Eric Botcazou
2010-04-25 13:01 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 13:10 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-25 14:55 ` Ralf Wildenhues
2010-04-25 17:36 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-25 20:41 ` Richard Guenther
2010-04-24 20:46 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-05-04 7:13 ` Theodore Papadopoulo
2010-05-04 20:51 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 21:03 ` Martin Guy
2010-04-24 21:27 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 12:35 Ross Ridge
2010-04-24 12:56 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-24 13:29 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-24 14:23 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 19:48 ` Florian Weimer
2010-04-24 20:23 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 15:44 ` Jonathan Corbet
2010-04-25 15:54 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-25 16:00 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-25 16:48 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 16:00 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-25 16:18 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-26 16:50 ` Jonathan Corbet
2010-04-26 16:54 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-26 17:03 ` Jonathan Corbet
2010-04-26 19:53 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-26 20:03 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-26 20:04 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-27 19:52 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-27 19:56 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-27 21:05 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-27 21:20 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-27 21:33 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-27 21:40 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-27 22:33 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-27 22:33 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-27 22:53 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-29 8:50 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-04-26 17:04 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-26 17:15 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-26 18:00 ` Olivier Galibert
2010-04-25 16:35 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-24 14:21 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 14:31 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2010-04-24 14:34 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 14:39 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-24 14:40 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 14:45 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 19:36 ` Leif Ekblad
2010-04-24 19:47 ` Joel Sherrill
2010-04-25 11:07 ` Leif Ekblad
2010-04-25 11:25 ` Ralf Wildenhues
2010-04-24 12:51 Matthew J Fletcher
2010-04-26 9:46 Ross Ridge
2010-04-26 12:32 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 15:11 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-26 15:11 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-26 16:09 Ross Ridge
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