On Tue, 4 Oct 2011, Iain Buclaw wrote: > The original copyrights for the GDC D front-end for GCC are in the > name of David Friedman, who has been MIA since 2007. Since the > project has been revived, all changes and additions have been > copyrighted in my name, Michael's, and Vincenzo's. Would I require > approval of these people to assign ownership over to FSF?
In the absence of permission from the FSF to do otherwise in a particular case (such permission would be sought via the Steering Committee, via this list), all significant contributors to front ends need to have papers (assignment or disclaimer) on file at the FSF. <http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Legally-Significant.html> states what is significant. Papers may be assignments from individuals with disclaimers from any employer with a potential claim, or they may be corporate assignments from an employer owning the rights. (Disclaimers to the public domain are also possible as an alternative to assignments.) -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com
