[Gomp-discuss] Re: Working on branches while copyright paperwork being processed?

[Steven Bosscher]

Op wo 12-02-2003, om 18:54 schreef Joel Sherrill:
> 
> 
> Joe Buck wrote:
> > 
> > >  >I understand why you feel about it this way.  But in this case maybe an
> > >  >exception could be made, for the following reasons.
> > On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 07:24:47AM -0700, address@hidden wrote:
> > > No.  Not even in this case.
> > 
> > One reason is that there could be a last-minute holdup from company lawyers:
> > to me, the most important part of the paperwork is the disclaimer (or
> > assignment) from the employer.  Without it, we might have to rip out
> > big chunks of code later: not only from the contributor, but also on
> > any code that builds on top of that code.

The man is his own employer :-)

> > There are many aspects of the process that I don't like, but the basic
> > concept (of asking for assignments and employer disclaimers) has huge
> > advantages.
> 
> Until the paperwork is done, would it be sufficient for a temporary
> project to be setup on savannah.nongnu.org?  When the paperwork is
> done, it could then be merged.

That's what we'll do now, yes.  No big deal either.  Libraries are easy 
to merge anyway.

Greetz
Steven