From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31890 invoked by alias); 19 Feb 2007 12:28:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 31878 invoked by uid 22791); 19 Feb 2007 12:28:01 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nile.gnat.com (HELO nile.gnat.com) (205.232.38.5) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:27:56 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-nile.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF14748CC08; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:27:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from nile.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (nile.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 00494-01-9; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:27:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (nile.gnat.com [205.232.38.5]) by nile.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E2F648CBDC; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:27:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <45D997C9.4080905@adacore.com> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:03:00 -0000 From: Robert Dewar User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Thomas Richter CC: Daniel Jacobowitz , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [BUG] Tab Expansion for C++ References: <200702190943.l1J9hQjj004616@mersenne.math.TU-Berlin.DE> In-Reply-To: <200702190943.l1J9hQjj004616@mersenne.math.TU-Berlin.DE> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 2007-02/txt/msg00198.txt.bz2 Thomas Richter wrote: > Furthermore, I cannot develop under US copyright law. I can only develop > under German copyright law, which is again different. I can hand you the > copyright, but according to German law, I still have rights as the creator > of an entity that I cannot transfer to other people. (German: Urheberrecht) > It doesn't give me any major rights, though (as, it doesn't include the > right to copy the work, which is part of the copyright.). Assigning the copyright to the FSF does not remove rights from the assigner, many people in Europe have found they can sign this form without problems. Note that it is not online, precisely because the FSF has found they really need to be in touch with people regarding signing the form to resolve issues such as this one. > Folks, that's getting ridiculously complicated... I don't want to contact > a lawer just to provide a patch. I really don't care - I just want a usable > gdb, that's all. The complication is inevitable given the complexities of copyright law. We all want a usable GDB, but to be usable, it must not only be technically strong, but the licensing and copyright situation must be clear as well. > > So long, > Thomas >