From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.polymtl.ca (smtp.polymtl.ca [132.207.4.11]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AA5CC3835404 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 16:45:49 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org AA5CC3835404 Received: from simark.ca (simark.ca [158.69.221.121]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.polymtl.ca (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 121Gjhpj022540 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 1 Mar 2021 11:45:48 -0500 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp.polymtl.ca 121Gjhpj022540 Received: from [10.0.0.11] (192-222-157-6.qc.cable.ebox.net [192.222.157.6]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by simark.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0CF2B1E793; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 11:45:43 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Proposal to Removal of QNX Neutrino support from GDB To: Stephen Webb , "gdb@sourceware.org" References: <4205d383-e98e-f591-9031-f48925634c65@polymtl.ca> <44ea4b55-6ba2-77b2-adf4-12faa2fcad9d@polymtl.ca> <9d57a0ab883243e98ae1e357200e34c6@blackberry.com> <85182cc1-d65e-1441-5435-944bf09864f7@polymtl.ca> From: Simon Marchi Message-ID: <508a3095-6635-f030-fbe1-23454615e167@polymtl.ca> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 11:45:42 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <85182cc1-d65e-1441-5435-944bf09864f7@polymtl.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Poly-FromMTA: (simark.ca [158.69.221.121]) at Mon, 1 Mar 2021 16:45:43 +0000 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_PASS, 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: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:45:52 -0000 > 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