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Re: Fastjar, copyright, and upstream...
- From: Jim Wilson <wilson at tuliptree dot org>
- To: Nathanael Nerode <neroden at twcny dot rr dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 17:05:21 -0700
- Subject: Re: Fastjar, copyright, and upstream...
- References: <20030711232826.GA1448@doctormoo>
Nathanael Nerode wrote:
This might lead one to believe that fastjar is imported from upstream.
It isn't, since upstream appears to be effectively unmaintained; it
hasn't been altered since 2001.
Yes, this is a problem. The steering committee has been discussing this
with rms, and this is on my list of things to look into, along with
libffi, boehm-gc, etc. I expect this will be a long, slow, and
complicated process.
One possible solution is to get assignments from the original authors.
Another possible solution is to create our own upsteam package on
savannah.nongnu.org. Another possible solution is to stop including
fastjar in the gcc release tarballs. Another possible solution is to
write a GNU jar from scratch.
Portions of fastjar are copyright Bryan Burns and portions are copyright
Cory Hollingsworth; the rest seems to be copyright FSF.
I don't believe that any of fastjar is copyright FSF. The FSF does not
accept copyright assignments for packages it doesn't own.
Jim