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> From: avr-gcc-list-bounces+eric.weddington=atmel....@nongnu.org
> [mailto:avr-gcc-list-bounces+eric.weddington=atmel....@nongnu.org] On
> Behalf Of Weddington, Eric
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:43 AM
> To: Georg-Johann Lay
> Cc: avr-gcc-list@nongnu.org; Praveen, Vidya; Wunsch, Joerg; Joerg Wunsch
> Subject: Re: [avr-gcc-list] Porting Atmel patches
> 
> 
> 
> > Weddington, Eric schrieb:
> > >> Behalf Of Joerg Wunsch
> > >>
> > >>> The FSF only allows changes of 10 lines or less in a patch, if
> > >>> there is no copyright assignment on file.
> > >> I thought with the recent changes, adding a new AVR device is
> > >> merely going to be a one-liner (a change to avr-devices.c)?
> > >
> > > Sure, it's now easier to add devices. But device support also needs
> > > the I/O header file in avr-libc, and no one else can submit that
> > > except Atmel.
> >
> > Ah, interesting.  Does this mean avr-libc is owned / hosted by Atmel now?
> 
> No, it never has been owned by Atmel.
> 
> But, sorry let me make myself a little clearer:
> 
> Atmel has generated I/O header files to match the new devices. Those header
> files are copyright by Atmel. So, *those* files would have to be submitted
> to avr-libc.

Gah, that last sentence should read: So, *those* files would have to be 
submitted
to avr-libc *by Atmel*.

(Caffeine is not having much effect this morning...)

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