From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from resqmta-po-01v.sys.comcast.net (resqmta-po-01v.sys.comcast.net [IPv6:2001:558:fe16:19:96:114:154:160]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9059C39CC278 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2021 14:40:38 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 9059C39CC278 Received: from resomta-po-07v.sys.comcast.net ([96.114.154.231]) by resqmta-po-01v.sys.comcast.net with ESMTP id o5Dll8XCzKqmEo5ZNlZhfW; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:40:37 +0000 Received: from pkoning.akdesign.com ([73.60.223.101]) by resomta-po-07v.sys.comcast.net with ESMTPSA id o5ZKlvfpHx2y5o5ZMlLmqR; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:40:37 +0000 X-Xfinity-VAAS: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrvdelhedgkedtucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuvehomhgtrghsthdqtfgvshhipdfqfgfvpdfpqffurfetoffkrfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedtudenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmnecujfgurheptggguffhjgffgffkfhfvofesthhqmhdthhdtvdenucfhrhhomheprfgruhhlucfmohhnihhnghcuoehprghulhhkohhnihhnghestghomhgtrghsthdrnhgvtheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepgedvgfffudeujeduvefhudejfffhtddvfedvgeekheeiueffvdehhffhleegkeelnecuffhomhgrihhnpehgnhhurdhorhhgnecukfhppeejfedriedtrddvvdefrddutddunecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghlohepphhkohhnihhnghdrrghkuggvshhighhnrdgtohhmpdhinhgvthepjeefrdeitddrvddvfedruddtuddpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehprghulhhkohhnihhnghestghomhgtrghsthdrnhgvthdprhgtphhtthhopegujhgvrdhgtggtsehgmhgrihhlrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepjhgrkhhusgesrhgvughhrghtrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepghgttgesghgttgdrghhnuhdrohhrgh X-Xfinity-VMeta: sc=-100.00;st=legit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.20\)) Subject: Re: Update to GCC copyright assignment policy From: Paul Koning In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 10:40:33 -0400 Cc: Jakub Jelinek , GCC Development Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <813C53EB-D7A7-42DD-BE77-B45CD6946F1D@comcast.net> References: <20210601141535.GP7746@tucnak> To: David Edelsohn X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.20) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gcc@gcc.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gcc mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:40:39 -0000 > On Jun 1, 2021, at 10:31 AM, David Edelsohn via Gcc = wrote: >=20 > The copyright author will be listed as "Free Software Foundation, > Inc." and/or "The GNU Toolchain Authors", as appropriate. What does that mean? FSF is a well defined organization. "The GNU = Toolchain Authors" sounds like one, but is it? Or is it just a label = for "the set of contributors who have contributed without assigning to = FSF"? In other words, who is the owner of such a work, the GTA, or the = submitter? I'm guessing the latter. That seems to create a possible future complication. Prior to this = change, the FSF (as owner of the copyright) could make changes such as = replacing the GPL 2 license by GPL 3. With the policy change, that = would no longer be possible, unless you get the approval of all the = copyright holders. This may not be considered a problem, but it does = seem like a change. I looked at gcc.gnu.org to find the updated policy. I don't think it's = there; the "contribute" page wording still feels like the old policy. = Given the change, it would seem rather important to have the = implications spelled out in full, and the new rules clearly expressed. paul