Re: [urgent] Parted 1.4.4

[Andrew Clausen]

Matt Wilson wrote:
> 
> I see that 1.4.4 changes the copyright statement:
> 
> -    Copyright (C) 1998-2000  Andrew Clausen, Lennert Buytenhek and Red Hat 
> Inc.
> -
> -       Andrew Clausen                  <address@hidden>
> -       Lennert Buytenhek               <address@hidden>
> -       Matt Wilson, Red Hat Inc.       <address@hidden>
> +    Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> 
> We do have a blanket copyright assignment with GNU, but I'd like to be
> contacted first.

I'm sorry, I didn't realise this.  (Did you mention this before, when
assignment was discussed?)

Anyway, I don't think Red Hat holds any copyright on any of 1.4.x.
(The code gradually shrank, until, for copyright purposes, it was
probably nil).

> Does this mean that all new code will require a copyright assignment?

This is FSF policy.  However, the FSF has no power to enforce it.
Only I do ;-)  (unless they "kick" me as the official maintainer,
but this isn't going to happen ;-)

I would prefer all new code to be assigned, but if this is not
possible, I would accept it anyway.

> There is checksum code in the soon-to-be-submitted ia64 support that
> comes from a third party source that may be difficult to reach for
> assignment.

Is it possible for it to be put in the public domain?  (Is it already
in the public domain?)  The FSF has no problems with this.

BTW, I don't like receiving patches, without hearing about them
beforehand.  If there are any changes, other than adding new
files (i.e. internal changes to libparted), then these should
be discussed on the list.  In fact, I think it's best if the
entire development/design is discussed on the list.

Andrew Clausen