Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:50:05 +0200 From: Damjan Marion <damjan.marion@gmail.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: toolchain@FreeBSD.ORG, Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com> Subject: Re: ARM issue with old binutils Message-ID: <67E75E6B-41EA-4FD5-B22A-29997CF6CF1C@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BB2C3056-2BE3-4953-ABD0-7634F4E3B875@bsdimp.com> References: <0C35FE0F-3301-44C6-AC40-233F6C446EBC@gmail.com> <744CFC2C-0F17-4AED-A54A-FC93EB885FAD@bsdimp.com> <BANLkTi=qLKicHg6ZhWqR3sNpKO2PUEJ8Zg@mail.gmail.com> <BB2C3056-2BE3-4953-ABD0-7634F4E3B875@bsdimp.com>
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On Jun 22, 2011, at 7:30 PM, Warner Losh wrote: >=20 > On Jun 22, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Ryan Stone wrote: >=20 >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: >>> I'd be inclined to include a small patch to FreeBSD's binutils to = implement this. You might be able to snag it from a newer version of = binutils if you can track down the author of that code and ask if you = can include it in a GPLv2 version of binutils. >>=20 >> Wouldn't the FSF be the copyright owner? I thought that they = required >> copyright assignment for contributions? >=20 > Not necessarily. Only large things need to be assigned. Simple = patches not so much... Does this mean that we can import ARMv7 support patch which is published = before upgrade to GPLv3 ? http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2006-02/msg00305.html
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