Re: Mips target in Gold

[Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>]

On 3/12/13, Petar Jovanovic <Petar.Jovanovic@imgtec.com> wrote:
>
> both Sasa Stankovic and Aleksandar Simeonov should be on file with FSF,
> under MIPS corporate.
> Can you take a look at it?

Thanks for the pointer, I do see Aleksandar there by name and I see a
general assignment for Imagination Technologies Limited.  So I think
we are good to go on that front.  I will try to take a look at this
patch soon.

Ian

> ________________________________________
> From: Ian Lance Taylor [iant@google.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 5:33 PM
> To: Sasa Stankovic
> Cc: binutils@sourceware.org; Petar Jovanovic
> Subject: Re: Mips target in Gold
>
> On 3/12/13, Sasa Stankovic <Sasa.Stankovic@imgtec.com> wrote:
>>
>> Please find attached the patch that implements Mips target in Gold. This
>> is
>> a rework of the patch that Aleksandar Simeonov initially wrote.
>
> Thanks.  The FSF requires a copyright assignment for patches of this
> magnitude.  What I need to commit it is copyright paperwork from all
> the relevant authors.  I can help with that but ultimately all the
> authors will need to commit to getting it done.  As far as I know we
> do not have a copyright assignment from Aleksandar; I do not know what
> is preventing that.
>
> I'm sorry for this bureaucratic obstacle, but the FSF is strict about
> it, for historical reasons.
>
> Ian
>
>