Re: Error handling in Win32 + gnulib

[Simon Josefsson]

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.

/Simon