> -----Original Message----- > From: David Brown [mailto:da...@westcontrol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 7:35 AM > To: Weddington, Eric > Cc: Joerg Wunsch; avr-gcc-list@nongnu.org > Subject: Re: Porting Atmel patches > > > Isn't it possible for a potential contributor to "give" the patch to > someone who already has the FSF paperwork in order, and that person can > then submit the patch as "theirs"? Or does that open up too many > complications about rights and ownerships?
Technically, they could do that "under the table". To make that formal, person A would have to assign their copyright to person B, who could then commit to the FSF project, which is technically further assigning that copyright. Very messy. _______________________________________________ AVR-GCC-list mailing list AVR-GCC-list@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-gcc-list
