From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 48) id 943AB3857807; Mon, 10 May 2021 22:43:22 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 943AB3857807 From: "brobecker at gnat dot com" To: gdb-prs@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug gdb/26868] Follow-up on x86-64 stub submission Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 22:43:22 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gdb X-Bugzilla-Component: gdb X-Bugzilla-Version: HEAD X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: normal X-Bugzilla-Who: brobecker at gnat dot com X-Bugzilla-Status: NEW X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: P2 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at sourceware dot org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: 11.1 X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: gdb-prs@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-prs mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 22:43:22 -0000 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D26868 --- Comment #3 from Joel Brobecker --- The way I read it is that the FSF is not ready to answer our question and t= hat it is asking us to make the decision, knowing that we are even less equipped than the FSF to do so :-/. The main question is whether we can consider that this contribution is eith= er in the public domain, or falls within the "obvious change" or "tiny change" allowance. For the code to be public domain, Caleb would need to disclaim it, and he unfortunately cannot do so by email. The FSF has a disclaim form for that v= ery purpose. Also, since Caleb appears to be working for NetApp IIUC, if the co= de was written as part of his work, it's actually his employer that would need= to disclaim it. As for the "obvious" or "tiny" rule, I did a diff between gdb/stub/i386-stu= b.c and the proposed x86_64-stub.c, and besides the changes that are pure formatting or documentation, I think there are a sufficient number of chang= es that I think it would be hard to argue that the change is either "obvious" = or "tiny". So, I'm afraid in this case that we can't take this contribution without an assignment on file, either pure disclaim putting the code in the public dom= ain, or assigning the copyright to the FSF. I'm not a lawyer, so I might be off in my understanding, but I think we sho= uld even more careful with these questions when not sure... --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=