Re: [avr-gcc-list] AVR disassembly and testsuite

[E. Weddington]

Johannes Bauer wrote:

> Svein E. Seldal wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Do you have a FSF assignment for binutils?
> >
> > I cannot accept any patches from anyone for GNU tools software, except if they 
> > have this agreement signed.
> >    
>
> What the heck... are you serious? Why do they need a signed agreement?
> What do you need to sign in order to send patches in?! Why is it not
> sufficient to just release the patch under the GPL?
>  
Geez, where have you been? See this:
<http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Legal-Matters>
and check out www.gnu.org for more info.


> Sometimes the FSF scares me a bit away, really...
>
>  

I agree it's annoying. But if you want to play the game, they set the 
rules. And it's all for the common good anyway.

Eric