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Re: FYI: Cygnus is no longer (CNI and CYGNUS LOCAL)

wilson wrote:

> [...]
> It looks like fastjar has inappropriate copyright notices.  The FSF only
> accepts copyright assignments for packages it owns, and it does not own
> fastjar, therefore, there can not be FSF copyright notices in fastjar.
> [...]

This is an incorrect understanding of FSF policy.  The FSF has in the
past contemplated adopting code into the GNU project that is not
entirely reassigned.  (See eCos.)  In other words, it is apparently
possible even to be a GNU project, and yet not have exclusively FSF
copyrights on the code.

- FChE
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