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Re: Beyond GCC 3.0
- To: mark at codesourcery dot com (Mark Mitchell)
- Subject: Re: Beyond GCC 3.0
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot COM>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:49:18 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk (Joseph S. Myers), kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner), gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org (gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org), gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org (gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org)
> > So, copyright assignments are required for checkins on branches, but not
> > patent licences?
>
> We don't even have good rules about patents on the mainline, but nobody
> should be checking in code known to infringe patents anywhere, obviously.
The standard FSF copyright assignment paperwork includes the requirement a
patent license from the employer. Of course, that doesn't protect against
a third party bringing a patent complaint.