> From: Jim Meyering <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:17:46 +0100 > > > that I was contributing non-trivial code to Grep since 1997. In > > particular, dosbuf.c was written by yours truly. > > Just because you contributed before does not guarantee that there is a > copyright assignment on file for you. I checked the authoritative list > on fencepost, and while you're listed for many other project, grep is > not one of them.
I know. I checked the same list before replying. > Is it possible that dosbuf.c was written by you for some other > project, and then pulled into grep? No. It was written specifically for Grep. > Otherwise, some previous maintainer may have simply neglected to > request the paperwork. A.k.a. "clerical mistake". Anyway, I don't mind signing papers even if I already did once.
