FSF copyright holder of CVS?

[Karl Berry]

Hi everyone,

rms noticed that several CVS developers(*) have made copyright
assignments to the FSF over the years (though by no means all).  Also,
the copyright to the package as a whole is, according to the HACKING
file, held by the FSF.  He wondered how all this came about.  Was it
treated as a GNU package in the early days, or something?  Any light you
can shed would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Karl

(*) Specifically, I see these assignments have been received:

FORE Systems    1999-11-09
Disclaims past and future changes to free software by Rajesh Vaidheeswarran.

Rajesh Vaidheeswarran   India   1971    1999-11-09
Assigns past and future changes (list with assignment).

Paul Eggert     US      1954    2000-10-13
Assigns past and future changes.

Juniper Networks, Inc.  2002-06-17
Disclaims changes directly relating to mh-e and above programs, in the past 
and for the next 2 years, by Mark D. Baushke.

Mark D. Baushke Us      1959    2002-06-19
Assigns past and future changes transmitted to FSF.

Felix Lee       USA     1967    2003-03-31
Assigns past and future changes.

Thorsten Glaser 1982    Germany 2004-10-11
Assigns past and future changes.