Re: CVS access (was: Re: `mkbimage' added to GRUB)

[Robert Millan]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 04:48:07PM +0100, Yoshinori Okuji wrote:
> > Strange.. I don't remember creating two accounts.. Anyway, the correct one
> > is "robertmh". I'll make sure the other one is removed.
> 
> Ok. I've added you as a developer on Savannah.

thanks!

> Until you assign your copyright to the FSF, I'd recommend
> not checking in your patches, if your patches are big enough,
> from the view of the copyright law. If they consist of a few
> lines, you don't need to care. Otherwise, wait until all
> bothersome work is finished.

Is there any official description (or rule of thumb) on what is "big enough"
for the copyright laws?

For example, I couldn't tell myself wether my recent patches for dynamic
allocation and misc *BSD fixes in lib/device.c are too big or not.

> Any co-maintainer can do whatever I can do. For example,
> releasing a new version on alpha.gnu.org and ftp.gnu.org,
> maintenance of copyrights, defining goals of the project.
> 
> [...]

Thanks for the offer. I'll think about it, i'm not sure yet how much
compromised I want to become with GRUB in the future.. time will tell.

-- 
Robert Millan

"[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the
thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he
gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work."

 -- J.R.R.T, Ainulindale (Silmarillion)