From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28559 invoked by alias); 10 Jan 2009 06:40:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 28549 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Jan 2009 06:40:06 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from NaN.false.org (HELO nan.false.org) (208.75.86.248) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:39:25 +0000 Received: from nan.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAB2110EA6; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:39:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from caradoc.them.org (209.195.188.212.nauticom.net [209.195.188.212]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71F0410E82; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:39:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LLXVC-0007tr-Vh; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:39:22 -0500 Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:40:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Joel Brobecker Cc: Caz Yokoyama , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: symbolic debug of loadable modules with kgdb light Message-ID: <20090110063922.GA30255@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Joel Brobecker , Caz Yokoyama , gdb@sourceware.org References: <20090109041826.GD20227@adacore.com> <20090109181720.GD31296@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090109181720.GD31296@adacore.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2008-05-11) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-01/txt/msg00049.txt.bz2 On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 10:17:20PM +0400, Joel Brobecker wrote: > > - This patch is based on http://kgdb.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/kgdb/gdb/. I > > removed garbage as mush as possible. > > I tried to have a look at who the authors are. The changes need to be > assigned to the FSF. I'm not a big specialist in legal matters, but > I believe that only the author of the changes can do that; someone > else who knows better about might want to confirm or correct. Your understanding is correct. There are some other cases, for instance it is possible to transfer the ownership to some other party which can then assign it to the FSF, but I wouldn't mess about with any of the alternatives without legal advice. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery