Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> 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.
Thanks. Here are some instructions: http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/HACKING#n454
