>> Luckily, I haven't actually started the rewrite, because I also have >> limited time to work on this. So I'm very glad to hear that you're >> interested in transfering them. If you are the only author of the >> pieces, then I think the transfer is simple - you put the FSF >> copyright notice at the top, and you're done. > > Uh no. You can't just assign copyright to somebody without asking them, > much like you can't just assign parentship to somebody without asking > them.
Yes, this was specific to this situation, because I thought that he had already signed a copyright assignment form. I don't mean this as a general statement of when you can make changes to Guile. > Since Thien-Thi Nguyen assigned copyright to GOOPS and general changes > to future changes to GUILE to the FSF in 2000 already, it is more or > less a matter of him checking in the changes or otherwise contributing > them in a manner making clear that the contribution is intentional. > Matching copyright headers are obviously a good indicator for that. Ah, so he would have to either check them in himself or send them as patches to the list, correct? (In addition to the assignment.) Noah
