On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Xiaofan Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Øyvind Harboe <[email protected]> wrote: >> Richard wrote >>> I have been instructed we can only make the contribution if no >>> explicit copyright claim is required. Is that acceptable? >> >> Is there a GPL wiz in the house? >> >> Can we accept anonymous contributions just like that? >> >> I know there are anonymous contributions in Linux. > > I am not a GPL wiz nor a fan of GPL.
Noted. I appreciate that you try to work constructively here even if you don't like the license. Which you've made clear on previous occasions. > Just wondering if the codes can be released as public domain or other > open source license which is compatible with GPL and > yet accept anonymous contributions and then OpenOCD > can take it. This has nothing to do with license, it has to do with copyright. We need the copyright holder to provide it under a license we can use. We *can*, in a pinch, accept BSD license with no advertising clause, but why that would make sense to anybody, I don't know. FUD? > Linux's issues with anonymous contributions > http://kerneltrap.org/node/5972 > > I think the patch is big enough to be categorized as > "more subsantial piece of work" and not a "small patch". > > -- > Xiaofan > -- Øyvind Harboe - Can Zylin Consulting help on your project? US toll free 1-866-980-3434 / International +47 51 87 40 27 http://www.zylin.com/ _______________________________________________ Openocd-development mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development
