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Re: [Regexp] Copyright assignment, gnu.regexp future plans
From: |
Shashank Bapat |
Subject: |
Re: [Regexp] Copyright assignment, gnu.regexp future plans |
Date: |
Thu, 5 Dec 2002 22:50:07 -0800 (PST) |
Wes,
Thanks for informing. I have no objections at all.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks
-Shashank
--- Wes Biggs <address@hidden> wrote:
> I don't know how many former contributors to
> gnu.regexp are lurking on
> this list these days, but anyway...
>
> I'm trying to coordinate making gnu.regexp a part of
> the GNU Classpath
> project -- the idea is to use it to implement the
> JDK 1.4
> java.util.regex APIs. I have bridge code that does
> that, more or less,
> though there's a lot of work to do to fully
> implement the 1.4 syntax.
>
> However, to do so I need to assign copyright to the
> Free Software
> Foundation, and that means anyone else who has
> contributed and claims
> copyright must do so as well. There would also be a
> _slight_ license
> change, from LGPL to "GPL + Exception", which is
> what is used by
> Classpath (for the reasons why, see the site,
> http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/).
>
> While a number of folks have contributed, the only
> names I find claiming
> a copyright are Lee Sau Dan and Ulf Dittmer. Can
> the two of you respond
> as to whether you are willing to assign copyright to
> the FSF? If so I
> will coordinate to get you the right paperwork to
> sign.
>
> Also, the following folks are also listed in the
> credits file, even if
> they technically didn't put a copyright notice on
> their contributions,
> and I'd like to at least do them the courtesy of
> notifying them about
> the proposed change:
> Shashank Bapat
> Richard Bullington III
> David Crawford
> Paul Frantz
> Alan Moore
>
> If you are one of the above and reading this list,
> could you please respond?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wes
>
>
>
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