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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
To: David Edelsohn via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Update to GCC copyright assignment policy
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:24:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tumh4q96.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGWvnyme6cQUGb+G4=tesNYqLYBSGnDYb95LH2zVUgxovHU7kw@mail.gmail.com> (David Edelsohn via Gcc's message of "Tue, 1 Jun 2021 10:00:06 -0400")

* David Edelsohn via Gcc:

> GCC was created as part of the GNU Project but has grown to operate as
> an autonomous project.
>
> The GCC Steering Committee has decided to relax the requirement to
> assign copyright for all changes to the Free Software Foundation.  GCC
> will continue to be developed, distributed, and licensed under the GNU
> General Public License v3.0. GCC will now accept contributions with or
> without an FSF copyright assignment. This change is consistent with
> the practices of many other major Free Software projects, such as the
> Linux kernel.

What about the parts of GCC with FSF copyrights that are not covered by
the GPL, but the GPL with exceptions?  How is it possible to move code
between the parts if a contributor previously used DCO and thus gave
only permission to license under the open source license “indicated in
the file”?

Thanks,
Florian


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-06-01 14:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-01 14:00 David Edelsohn
2021-06-01 14:15 ` Jakub Jelinek
2021-06-01 14:31   ` David Edelsohn
2021-06-01 14:40     ` Paul Koning
2021-06-01 16:01       ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2021-06-01 16:12         ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 16:24           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2021-06-01 17:19             ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 16:09       ` David Edelsohn
2021-06-01 16:37         ` Paul Koning
2021-06-01 16:44     ` Joseph Myers
2021-06-01 16:54       ` Paul Koning
2021-06-01 17:24       ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 14:24 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2021-06-01 14:42   ` Mark Wielaard
2021-06-01 15:05     ` Richard Kenner
2021-06-02  8:09       ` Mark Wielaard
2021-06-02 14:36         ` Jason Merrill
2021-06-02 15:29           ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 14:28 ` Mark Wielaard
2021-06-01 14:51   ` D. Hugh Redelmeier
2021-06-01 15:08     ` Jason Merrill
2021-06-01 15:25       ` Paul Koning
2021-06-01 15:29         ` Jakub Jelinek
2021-06-01 15:46         ` DJ Delorie
2021-06-01 16:20           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2021-06-01 16:34             ` DJ Delorie
2021-06-01 17:33             ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 16:31       ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-06-01 14:51   ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 19:58   ` Thomas Rodgers
2021-06-01 20:29     ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02  8:17     ` Mark Wielaard
2021-06-02 16:32       ` Jason Merrill
2021-06-03 16:50         ` Daniel Pono Takamori
2021-06-03 17:09           ` Giacomo Tesio
2021-06-03 17:57           ` Christopher Dimech
2021-07-01  4:39           ` Bradley M. Kuhn
2021-06-01 14:47 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-06-01 15:14 ` Jose E. Marchesi
2021-06-01 15:33   ` Jonathan Wakely
2021-06-01 16:02     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-06-01 16:24       ` Jonathan Wakely
2021-06-01 15:37   ` Andrea Corallo
2021-06-01 15:50   ` David Edelsohn
2021-06-01 16:08     ` Jose E. Marchesi
2021-06-01 16:09     ` Paul Smith
2021-06-01 16:24       ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 16:03   ` Jason Merrill
2021-06-01 16:17     ` Jose E. Marchesi
2021-06-01 17:30 ` [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: create DCO section; add myself to it David Malcolm
2021-06-01 19:22   ` Richard Biener
2021-06-01 23:22 ` Update to GCC copyright assignment policy Eric Gallager
2021-06-02  0:35   ` Jeff Law
2021-06-03 12:35 ` Giacomo Tesio
2021-06-03 13:02   ` Jakub Jelinek
2021-06-03 14:07     ` Giacomo Tesio
2021-06-03 14:14       ` Jakub Jelinek
2021-06-03 14:45         ` Giacomo Tesio
2021-06-03 15:25           ` Jason Merrill
2021-06-07  7:35             ` Richard Biener
2021-06-07 13:10               ` Giacomo Tesio
2021-06-07 13:26                 ` David Edelsohn
2021-06-07 14:17                   ` Giacomo Tesio
2021-06-07 14:44                     ` Jakub Jelinek
2021-06-07 15:23                       ` Giacomo Tesio
2021-06-07 15:45                         ` Jason Merrill
2021-06-07 15:53                           ` Jakub Jelinek
2021-06-07 16:11                           ` Giacomo Tesio
2021-06-07 17:18                             ` NightStrike
2021-06-07 17:36                               ` Giacomo Tesio
2021-06-07 17:58                                 ` NightStrike
2021-06-07 17:24                             ` Jason Merrill
2021-06-07 18:10                               ` Giacomo Tesio
2021-06-08  9:00                                 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-08  9:57                     ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-07 13:48                 ` Richard Biener
2021-06-07 14:59                   ` Giacomo Tesio
2021-06-08 11:27                   ` Jonathan Wakely
2021-06-03 16:11           ` Christopher Dimech

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