Re: Error handling in Win32 + gnulib

[Jim Meyering]

Simon Josefsson wrote:

> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>> ...
>>> Unfortunately I was never able to get anyone at Red Hat to sign a
>>> copyright assignment license for me for gnulib, or to get the FSF to
>>> agree that I didn't need one because I work for Red Hat.
>>
>> That is not an issue, since there is a blanket ("ANY") assignment
>> from Red Hat on file from 1999.
>
> The FSF recently told me they don't want to rely on blanket future
> assignment statements any more, and asked me to get papers even for a
> GnuTLS contribution from a RedHat employee.  So I think the policy has
> changed.

FYI,

We've taken the discussion off list, and Cc'd the FSF's copyright clerk.
If there's been a change, we'll ensure it's well publicized.