On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 15:45 +0200, Marc Espie wrote: > > However, if I submit it, per-the-rules, against gcc-current, for it to be > integrated, I need to waive my rights (I have a (c) assignment already on > record at the FSF, so a priori, I don't need more paperwork). > > If I recall correctly, it means I transfer all possible rights to the FSF. > I no longer own my patch. > > Then it gets released as part of gcc-current, under the GPLv3. > > If I get things correctly *I can no longer release it under GPLv2+*, as we > do for our mutant fork of gcc 4.2.1.
I am not sure of that. Read your legal papers carefully. From what I understood (but I am not a lawyer), your *own* contribution also belongs to you. So in my (non-lawyer & naive & perhaps wrong) perception, you are allowed to incorporate your patch both to the trunk & to your gcc-4.2 branch. But I am not sure. I hope other GCC people will confirm my naive perception. See also the long http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2010-05/msg00532.html list thread. Perhaps licens...@fsf.org is a better place to ask.FWIW, I send to them http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2010-05/msg00674.html a few hours ago. Perhaps some people (in France) at http://april.org or http://www.fsfe.org/ would give some advice. Cheers. PS. If you happen to reply to me privately, please write in French. -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basile<at>starynkevitch<dot>net mobile: +33 6 8501 2359 8, rue de la Faiencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France *** opinions {are only mines, sont seulement les miennes} ***
