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Re: Copyright assignment form
On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar
<siddhesh@linaro.org> wrote:
> You need a separate assignment for every GNU project you intend to
> contribute to, so separate assignments for GCC, glibc, binutils, etc.
The form is the same for all GNU projects.
You can file an assignment that covers a single patch, or a single
project, or multiple patches, or multiple projects, or even all
patches for all projects. Though of course the lawyers will have a
say in this, as they may not be comfortable with a broad assignment,
and may want to restrict it to specific projects, or even specific
patches for specific projects. The more restricted the assignment,
the more paperwork you have to do, but the easier it it to get it past
lawyers uncomfortable with FSF requirements. For instance, you can
get an assignment for a single patch, but then you have to go through
the assignment process every time you contribute a patch.
Jim