From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9752 invoked by alias); 20 Apr 2006 15:40:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 9744 invoked by uid 22791); 20 Apr 2006 15:40:28 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:40:24 +0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k3KFeMcF031947; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:40:22 -0400 Received: from post-office.corp.redhat.com (post-office.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.227]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k3KFeMMb016670; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:40:22 -0400 Received: from greed.delorie.com (dj.cipe.redhat.com [10.0.0.222]) by post-office.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k3KFeK530492; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:40:20 -0400 Received: from greed.delorie.com (greed.delorie.com [127.0.0.1]) by greed.delorie.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k3KFeKaN004333; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:40:20 -0400 Received: (from dj@localhost) by greed.delorie.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k3KFeF9U004330; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:40:15 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:40:00 -0000 Message-Id: <200604201540.k3KFeF9U004330@greed.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: ibr@radix50.net CC: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <20060420152001.GA20059@radix50.net> (message from Baurzhan Ismagulov on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:20:02 +0200) Subject: Re: OT: copyright issues (was: Re: D Symbol Demangling) References: <44462A40.1040004@kuehne.cn> <20060420132004.GB11710@nevyn.them.org> <20060420152001.GA20059@radix50.net> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-04/txt/msg00274.txt.bz2 > What is the problem with importing fixes from the proprietary copy > to the FSF code if the person has the copyright assignment? If the patch author has the right assignments, he/she can publish the patch itself under both licenses, so that it can be applied to both. What you can't do is take the fix from the sources themselves and apply it to the other sources, because once they're published under one license you don't have the right to change that license to something else.