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Re: Copyright assignment form

From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
To: Jim Wilson <jimw at sifive dot com>
Cc: Shahid Khan <shahidk at qti dot qualcomm dot com>, "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, <siddhesh at linaro dot org>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 20:46:14 +0000
Subject: Re: Copyright assignment form
Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
References: <1a3cef1cedc2463db58661097a6eaae6@NALASEXR01G.na.qualcomm.com> <8c3ce9c8-6228-2ed2-9552-08d04c3e1932@sifive.com>

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018, Jim Wilson wrote:

> You should contact assign@gnu.org directly.  The standard forms contain
> language about patents that Qualcomm lawyers are unlikely to be comfortable
> with, and may require negotiating a non-standard agreement. As best as I can
> tell, the FSF has never received a copyright assignment or disclaimer from
> Qualcomm.

Which is why the Hexagon ports of GCC / binutils / GDB / glibc never went 
upstream.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com

References:
- Copyright assignment form
  - From: Shahid Khan
- Re: Copyright assignment form
  - From: Jim Wilson

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