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Re: question about applying a long-forgotten patch
- From: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gmail dot com>
- To: Nathan Froyd <froydnj at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:32:28 -0700
- Subject: Re: question about applying a long-forgotten patch
- References: <1161797014.6048.114.camel@localhost.localdomain>
On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 13:23 -0400, Nathan Froyd wrote:
> I submitted a patch to fix a bug related to DW_{remember,restore}_state:
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2006-01/msg00617.html
> ...and then proceeded to get tied up while waiting for copyright
> assignment papers to get filed with the FSF. I have since switched
> employers and now have proper copyright assignment papers filed. Is it
> OK to apply the patch to mainline after checking that it bootstraps and
> regtests on current mainline?
As I understand it, the patch is still copyrighted by the employee that
you were employed with at the time the patch was submitted so you still
need to get a disclaimer from them about this patch.
Thanks,
Andrew Pinski