Hi Bruno.
> Since this is a significant contribution (regardless whether it finally > goes into Gnulib [2] or into Binutils [3]), we will need a copyright > assignment > to the FSF for this code. Are you already aware how this works, in your > context > as an Oracle employee? Maybe José Marchesi can share his experience on this > topic with you? This should be covered by the copyright assignment Oracle has in place with the FSF, that covers both past and future changes.