Basile Starynkevitch bas...@starynkevitch.net writes:
What I am very scared of, is to make someone at FSF unhappy or angry
against me. I have a very fuzzy perception of the FSF [I'm living on a
different continent, I am not a native English speaker, etc..]. I don't
know who is an influent
On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 02:10 +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
On Sun, 30 May 2010, Basile Starynkevitch wrote:
Perhaps the question becomes: whom should I ask permission to add an
exception to MELT code's license to permit it to generate a *texi
documentation, or alternatively to relicense all
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Basile Starynkevitch
bas...@starynkevitch.net wrote:
PS. The point is that from my far point of sight/view, understanding who
is the GCC Steering Comittee [other that the few people speaking as SC
at GCC Summit] and who is the FSF is very unclear.
So, I used to contribute back to gcc regularly, got overwhelmed by
other stuff, but I'm back.
Case in point: I've added stuff to OpenBSD for secure handling of trampolines.
Since trampolines require an executable stack, we want to make sure we don't
have trampolines all over the place, hence a
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Marc Espie es...@nerim.net wrote:
Is there something I'm missing ? Is there a way I can still be the owner
of that patch and release it as I wish ?
Yes. Read your copyright assignment. You have perpetual rights to do
as you see fit with the code you wrote,
If I recall correctly, it means I transfer all possible rights to the FSF.
I no longer own my patch.
Then it gets released as part of gcc-current, under the GPLv3.
If I get things correctly *I can no longer release it under GPLv2+*, as we
do for our mutant fork of gcc 4.2.1.
Is there
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 15:45 +0200, Marc Espie wrote:
However, if I submit it, per-the-rules, against gcc-current, for it to be
integrated, I need to waive my rights (I have a (c) assignment already on
record at the FSF, so a priori, I don't need more paperwork).
If I recall correctly, it
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 03:49:48PM +0200, Steven Bosscher wrote:
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Marc Espie es...@nerim.net wrote:
Is there something I'm missing ? Is there a way I can still be the owner
of that patch and release it as I wish ?
Yes. Read your copyright assignment. You
lördag 29 maj 2010 15.45.09 skrev Marc Espie:
So, I used to contribute back to gcc regularly, got overwhelmed by
other stuff, but I'm back.
Case in point: I've added stuff to OpenBSD for secure handling of
trampolines. Since trampolines require an executable stack, we want to
make sure
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 15:49 +0200, Steven Bosscher wrote:
Yes. Read your copyright assignment. You have perpetual rights to do
as you see fit with the code you wrote, even if you assigned copyright
to the FSF.
Perhaps this might solve my GPL vs GFDL issues on the MELT branch (where
a *texi
Basile Starynkevitch wrote:
Does any one know any name of a person from FSF who could give a
practical advice? I know nobody in person from FSF - unless there have
been some FSF people at some GCC summit I did attend.
You really can't expect to get free legal advice from the FSF. If
you need
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 12:45 -0400, Robert Dewar wrote:
Basile Starynkevitch wrote:
Does any one know any name of a person from FSF who could give a
practical advice? I know nobody in person from FSF - unless there have
been some FSF people at some GCC summit I did attend.
You really
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Basile Starynkevitch
bas...@starynkevitch.net wrote:
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 12:45 -0400, Robert Dewar wrote:
Basile Starynkevitch wrote:
Does any one know any name of a person from FSF who could give a
practical advice? I know nobody in person from FSF -
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 16:48 -0500, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Basile Starynkevitch
bas...@starynkevitch.net wrote:
I don't seek legal advice. I am only seeking *practical* advice.
yet, you are largely talking about legal issues in substance.
More licensing
Basile Starynkevitch wrote:
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 16:48 -0500, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Basile Starynkevitch
bas...@starynkevitch.net wrote:
I don't seek legal advice. I am only seeking *practical* advice.
yet, you are largely talking about legal issues in
On Sun, 30 May 2010, Basile Starynkevitch wrote:
Perhaps the question becomes: whom should I ask permission to add an
exception to MELT code's license to permit it to generate a *texi
documentation, or alternatively to relicense all existing melt*texi
files under GPL (so MELT documentation
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