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Re: GCC 3.3 for OS/2

From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>
To: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas at artax dot karlin dot mff dot cuni dot cz>
Cc: Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya dot co dot uk>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 14:27:26 -0800
Subject: Re: GCC 3.3 for OS/2
References: <20030206225344.GA5862@daikokuya.co.uk> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0302070956360.15160-100000@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Neil Booth wrote:
> > Do you have a copyright assignment on file?  That's an essential
> > prerequisite.

On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 10:03:32AM +0100, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> No. BTW - I ripped some parts of my port from EMX GCC 2.7.2.1 (it is also
> GPLed) -- does it mean that Eberhard Mattes needs copyright assignment
> too?

If he doesn't already have papers on file, then yes.  This is because
everything in GCC gets legally assigned to the FSF, and you can't
legally assign someone else's work.

But if he's hacked GCC in the past, it's possible that he's already
on file.

Follow-Ups:
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References:
- Re: GCC 3.3 for OS/2
  - From: Neil Booth
- Re: GCC 3.3 for OS/2
  - From: Mikulas Patocka

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