Re: Copyright assignment

[Richard Stallman]

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  > >   >   The forms to choose from are in gnulib's doc/Copyright/ directory.
  > >   >   If you want to assign a single change, you should use the file,
  > >   >   doc/Copyright/request-assign.changes:
  > >
  > > That looks like the old way we used to do things, before we
  > > developed the simpler way we have used for a decade or two.

The old way was to tell contributors about various choices of which
form to use, and ask each contributor to figure out which one
was right for per case,  That led to confusion a substantial
fraction of the time.

The new way is to ask them for the crucial information
and have FSF staff tell each contributor which options apply
to per own case.  This avoids the confusion.


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