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Subject: Re: ARM issue with old binutils
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On Jun 22, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Ryan Stone wrote:

> 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?

Not necessarily.  Only large things need to be assigned.  Simple patches =
not so much...

Warner