Update to GCC copyright assignment policy
Jose E. Marchesi
jose.marchesi@oracle.com
Tue Jun 1 16:08:04 GMT 2021
>> > GCC was created as part of the GNU Project but has grown to operate as
>> > an autonomous project.
>> >
>> > The GCC Steering Committee has decided to relax the requirement to
>> > assign copyright for all changes to the Free Software Foundation. GCC
>> > will continue to be developed, distributed, and licensed under the GNU
>> > General Public License v3.0. GCC will now accept contributions with or
>> > without an FSF copyright assignment. This change is consistent with
>> > the practices of many other major Free Software projects, such as the
>> > Linux kernel.
>> >
>> > Contributors who have an FSF Copyright Assignment don't need to
>> > change anything. Contributors who wish to utilize the Developer Certificate
>> > of Origin[1] should add a Signed-off-by message to their commit messages.
>> > Developers with commit access may add their name to the DCO list in the
>> > MAINTAINERS file to certify the DCO for all future commits in lieu of individual
>> > Signed-off-by messages for each commit.
>> >
>> > The GCC Steering Committee continues to affirm the principles of Free
>> > Software, and that will never change.
>> >
>> > - The GCC Steering Committee
>> >
>> > [1] https://developercertificate.org/
>>
>> Eer, so you are changing the license of GCC from GPLv3+ to GPLv3 only??
>
> The current, active license in GPL v3.0. This is not an announcement
> of any change in license.
Thanks for confirming.
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