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

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