On 01/15/2018 03:11 PM, Shahid Khan wrote:
Our team at Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. is interested in
contributing patches to the upstream GCC compiler project. To get the process
started, we'd like to request a copyright assignment form as per contribution
guidelines outlined at https://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html.
Please let me know if there are additional steps we need to take to become an
effective contributor to the GCC community.
You should contact ass...@gnu.org directly. The standard forms contain
language about patents that Qualcomm lawyers are unlikely to be
comfortable with, and may require negotiating a non-standard agreement.
As best as I can tell, the FSF has never received a copyright assignment
or disclaimer from Qualcomm. If this is the first time Qualcomm lawyers
are talking to the FSF, this will take a while. I would not be
surprised if this takes a year or two. You will also need a VP level
signature for the forms once you get approval from Qualcomm lawyers.
You may want to consider getting a disclaimer from your employer, and
then filing personal assignments. It is probably easier to get a
disclaimer from Qualcomm than an assignment, but this requires more
paperwork, since each individual contributing then needs their own
personal assignment. The disclaimers also have language about patents
that the Qualcomm lawyers may not like, so while this should be easier,
it is still likely a difficult process.
Siddhesh can help you with this as the rules for gcc are the same as for
glibc.
Jim
