On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 10:47:43AM -0400, Vladimir N. Makarov wrote: > - If you want to see the hybrid compiler as a part of gcc project, how > are you going to solve the copyright problem? As I know, although ORC > code is also distributed under GNU license, the copyright belongs to > SGI. All code developed under gcc project should belong to FSF. Will > SGI give up the copyright to FSF?
It's possible that the FSF would accept some other legal arrangement than a copyright assignment, but that would be up to the FSF and SGI to negotiate.