From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18579 invoked by alias); 25 Nov 2009 22:36:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 18571 invoked by uid 22791); 25 Nov 2009 22:36:59 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-103-wednesday.noc.nerim.net (HELO mallaury.nerim.net) (62.4.17.103) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:36:55 +0000 Received: from hector.lesours (ours.starynkevitch.net [213.41.244.95]) by mallaury.nerim.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0304A1062; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:36:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from glinka.lesours ([192.168.0.1]) by hector.lesours with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NDQTr-0004N3-CS; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:36:59 +0100 Message-ID: <4B0DB18C.2090801@starynkevitch.net> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:36:00 -0000 From: Basile STARYNKEVITCH User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20091109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joern Rennecke CC: "Joseph S. Myers" , gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: trivial trailing whitespace issue References: <10911251651.AA00241@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <4B0D6245.3010601@redhat.com> <4B0D6708.7060306@redhat.com> <4B0D6DE6.4010708@gmail.com> <4B0D8C4B.9020405@redhat.com> <4B0D8ED5.1060303@starynkevitch.net> <4B0DA40A.1090205@starynkevitch.net> <20091125172618.ydch3h9sg0ws44ko-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> In-Reply-To: <20091125172618.ydch3h9sg0ws44ko-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2009-11/txt/msg00727.txt.bz2 Joern Rennecke wrote: > Quoting Basile STARYNKEVITCH : >> I would imagine that patching GNU indent (in its source code form) >> requires a copyright assignment specific to it (and uncovered by a, or >> at least "mine", GCC copyright assigment to FSF). If this is the case, >> I [Basile] won't do it (because getting a copyright assignemnt is so >> painful to me). > > If you put a patch against GNU indent in contrib to format GCC-style, > wouldn't that then be a part of GCC and thus covered? > > If that is the case, then you can post afterwards this piece of FSF-owned > GCC code to the indent maintainers... I have no idea if that could work, and I prefer doing software tricks (which I am supposed to be able to understand, being a software person) to doing "legal" tricks (which I don't understand, not being a lawyer). Regards. -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basilestarynkevitchnet mobile: +33 6 8501 2359 8, rue de la Faiencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France *** opinions {are only mines, sont seulement les miennes} ***