On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Michael Witten <mfwit...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:33, Richard Kenner > If I submit a patch to the GCC project---necessitating an assignment > of the copyright to the FSF---then can the people of the FSF decide > that they don't want me to distribute my own work in another project > (proprietary or otherwise)?
No. This is very explicitly mentioned in the copyright assignment papers. For example, from my own copy (2002): "1.(d) FSF agrees to grant back to Developer, and does hereby grant, non-exclusive, royalty-free and non-cancellable rights to use the Works (i.e., Developer's changes and/or enhancements, not The Program that they enhance), as Developer sees fit." In other words, you can distribute your own work in another project in any way you want. Ciao! Steven
