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Re: [PATCH] AmigaOS 4 port contribution [libiberty]
On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 18:02, Bernardo Innocenti wrote:
> DJ Delorie wrote:
> >>Time is running very short (we're at D-7), so I'm volunteering to
> >>commit all approved bits now, with my promise to back them out from
> >>CVS in the unlikely event that the copyright assignment work cannot
> >>be completed for some reason.
> >
> > Anything that would prevent him from submitting the patches would
> > prevent you from submitting them on his behalf.
>
> Except that Markus cannot be given a CVS account until his paperwork
> is on file.
>
> It would be a real pity if the AmigaOS contribution had to shift
> to 3.5 just because it takes a few more days for the paperwork to
> get back to FSF by snail mail.
>
> Couldn't we bend the rules just a little in this case?
If we bend any rules, it will be but what goes in during what stage.
Under no circumstances will *any* GNU maintainer knowingly check in code
for which paperwork is not on file with the FSF. To do so would be an
abust of the trust the FSF has granted the maintainer.
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