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1$OpenBSD: README,v 1.1 2001/08/18 13:12:57 espie Exp $
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3Some of the software in this subtree follows special rules.
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5Specifically, the FSF not only wants the GPL licence, but they
6also insist that you assign your copyright to the FSF for anything
7but trivial changes.
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9So:
10- check the history of external code before importing it.
11- be ready to arrange for copyright papers somewhat in advance if
12you want to work on it (the FSF takes a few months to process these).
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14Otherwise, changes might not make it to the main distribution, and may
15need some further maintenance over time, or risk getting lost.
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17Some internal changes are acceptable, but OpenBSD can't afford to maintain
18a complete separate toolchain on its own.
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