From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Edwards To: Kevin Buettner Cc: Hiro Sugawara , gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: dump memory to file Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:51:00 -0000 Message-id: <20010822125347.A32121@visi.com> References: <20010822123345.A32032@visi.com> <1010822174342.ZM31347@ocotillo.lan> X-SW-Source: 2001-08/msg00186.html On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 10:43:42AM -0700, Kevin Buettner wrote: > > Since gdb is GPL'd, and LynuxWorks is distributing the LynxOS > > version of gdb, then the sources must be available, right? > > Right. > > However, for such a change to be incorporated into GDB, the > author(s) of the change must have a copyright assignment in > place with the FSF. Sometimes it quite challenging to make sure > that all of the legal documents are signed by the right > people... OK, let me see if I've got this: LynuxWorks can't not distribute the changes, and they can't prevent anybody else from distributing them, but the changes won't be incorporated into the official sources without a copyright assignment. I just went through the whole copyright assignment thing with my employer so I could donate some stuff to eCos. It took years and cost thousands of lives. Well... it did take almost a year. Unless LynuxWorks is already set up to do stuff like that, it would be easier for me to just impliment it on my own. I suppose it won't hurt to ask them -- I'm pretty sure I've got a business card from that Embedded Systems Conference... -- Grant Edwards grante@visi.com