Re: Proposal to Removal of QNX Neutrino support from GDB

[Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>]

> Regarding the copyright assignment, I'd like to see what is the status
> of QNX.  Is there maybe an existing company-wide copyright assignment
> for QNX, given the past contributions?  Unfortunately, the GNU server
> used to check those seems down.  I'll try back later.
> 
> If there isn't, it's possible to get an assignment for individuals, or a
> company-wide one (meaning that any QNX employee can submit code to GDB).
> 
> The typical form we point individuals to to get an assignment is this
> one (also down for me at the moment):
> 
>     https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/plain/doc/Copyright/request-assign.future
> 
> But I don't know if that differs if you want to get one for someone who
> will contribute on behalf of a company.  The folks at assign@gnu.org
> will be able to help you.
> 
> In any case, I'd suggest sorting the copyright assignment thing as early
> as possible, because that can take some time.  You can still send
> patches and get them reviewed while that is pending, but you won't be
> able to merge the patches until that's done.

I was able to take a look at the copyright assignment file.  I found an
entry dating from 2002-02-15 for GDB, with no name (it only mentions
QNX).  So it's perhaps a company-wide assignment?  Hopefully that can
help you find any traces of it internally.  In doubt, ask
assign@gnu.org, they probably have access to the detailed paperwork.

Simon