Jim Meyering wrote: > Paul Eggert wrote: > >> On 09/05/11 16:41, Karl Berry wrote: >>> There are a few files in gnulib that are not copyright of the FSF, >>> >>> There are? >> >> Yes, there are. I expect there are several trivial files without >> any copyright notices (and which are public domain) but I just now >> audited gnulib for files that are copyright by someone other than the >> FSF and found the following. Most seem benign, but the last entry >> may be problematic. ...
>> lib/filevercmp.[ch] are copyright Ian Jackson and Anthony Towns under GPLv3 >> or later. > > If it's really so important, we can ask them to assign copyright to the FSF. Yesterday I sent a message to the two of them requesting that they assign copyright to the FSF. Sure, it's a bit of a pain, but it's for a good cause and will help avoid the "they didn't assign copyright, so why should I?" syndrome.
