From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13218 invoked by alias); 25 Nov 2014 09:14:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 13206 invoked by uid 89); 25 Nov 2014 09:14:23 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,LIKELY_SPAM_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-ie0-f182.google.com Received: from mail-ie0-f182.google.com (HELO mail-ie0-f182.google.com) (209.85.223.182) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:14:22 +0000 Received: by mail-ie0-f182.google.com with SMTP id x19so128459ier.41 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:14:20 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.43.16.197 with SMTP id pz5mr28248629icb.38.1416906860176; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:14:20 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.64.21.231 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:13:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20141125042806.GL5774@adacore.com> References: <20141125042806.GL5774@adacore.com> From: Luca Pizzamiglio Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:14:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC] patches from FreeBSD and FSF copyright papers To: Joel Brobecker Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-SW-Source: 2014-11/txt/msg00624.txt.bz2 Hi Joel, hi Sergio, thanks for the reply! I'm submitting the request to FSF. @Joel: another developer is asking me about assignments, because he's the author of another set of patches and he needs that papers too. I guess I can forward him the same form I received from Sergio... Thanks for the help! On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 5:28 AM, Joel Brobecker wrote: > Hi Luca, > >> I'm Luca, the current maintainer of the gdb ports in FreeBSD >> (http://www.freshports.org/devel/gdb/) >> To improve the support of FreeBSD in gdb, several patches are applied, >> but I guess it's better to submit these patches to upstream as well. >> AFAIK, this is the right place to submit patches. >> >> At the moment, we have several patches almost ready; I wanna restyle >> them to be conform to GNU-conding-style and submit to upstream. >> The first patch I would like to submit is about 15 lines, but other >> patches will follow. >> >> AFAIK, to submit patches I have to sign the FSF copyright assignment >> from contributors, to avoid GPL violation in gdb. >> I've tried to contact the Patch Champion (reading gdb/MAINTAINERS), >> but I've got a 550 Unrouteable address as answer. >> Who can I contact about FSF papers? > > I see that Sergio is already taking excellent care of you, > and we look forward to integrating your patches. > > One thing probably worth asking is whether you are the author > of all the patches that you'll be submitting? If not, I am pretty > sure that some form of assignment needs to be done before you can > then assign them to the FSF and contribute them to our tree. We'll > get help from the FSF if needed. > > Thank you! > -- > Joel