[rfa] FRV input files
Daniel Jacobowitz
drow@mvista.com
Sat May 10 14:42:00 GMT 2003
On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 07:56:54PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >Andrew, can we do this differently?
> >
> >Something that has been mentioned several times, but I'm not sure is
> >clear to you, is that these files already exist in src/cgen/cpu/.
>
> >Those copies are _not_ exactly the same as the ones you're adding.
> >In order to make sense of this patch, could you move them to their new
> >home separately from changing the license or whatever other changes are
> >incorporated in the patch below?
>
> From the FSF's point of view, this is brand new code and, as such
> should, from day one be given the correct (C) and correct license. To
> do otherwize would be confusing.
>
> Think of this as part of a brand new port that you've never seen before.
> Even though the contributor might have a separate repository containing
> a very long history of changes, all that is irrelevant to the FSF. From
> the FSF's point of view, the file is ``born'' the day someone
> contributes it.
Now that's ridiculous.
Please at least post a diff from the version already _in the repository
you are asking permission to commit this patch to_.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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