Re: Update jffs2 from public MTD

[Jonathan Larmour <jifl at eCosCentric dot com>]

Jonathan Larmour wrote:
> Andrew Lunn wrote:
>
> > Index: fs/jffs2/current/src/compr.c
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/ecos/ecos/packages/fs/jffs2/current/src/compr.c,v
> > retrieving revision 1.6
> > diff -u -r1.6 compr.c
> > --- fs/jffs2/current/src/compr.c    1 Apr 2004 03:17:57 -0000    1.6
> > +++ fs/jffs2/current/src/compr.c    12 Aug 2004 21:29:23 -0000
> > @@ -2,32 +2,39 @@
> >   * JFFS2 -- Journalling Flash File System, Version 2.
> >   *
> >   * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Red Hat, Inc.
> > - *
> >   * Created by Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
> >   *
> > + * Copyright (C) 2004 Ferenc Havasi <havasi@inf.u-szeged.hu>,
> > + *                    University of Szeged, Hungary
> > + *
>
>
> Erk, this is slightly unexpected. IIRC JFFS2 isn't one of the things on 
> the list to be assigned by RH (goodness knows when at the current rate) 
> to the FSF (correct me if I'm misremembering!). But even so, it's an.... 
> interesting development if copyright is to be shared liberally in future 
> and RH isn't going to be getting assignments for JFFS2 patches.
>
> David, is this what JFFS2's policy for contributions now is? Or is this 
> just something in progress?

Bart's just been telling me that he remembers David saying in the pub about 
future JFFS2 contribs not being assigned. Sorry if I've forgotten that. So 
is that still the case?

Jifl
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