spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules
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Quoted 5 lines · Mark Mielke
I think this restriction (the need for copyright assignment) only applies to code 'incorporated in FSF projects', whatever that means. See the GPL FAQ for a rather vague explanation.
Are 'FSF projects' the packages that can be downloaded from ftp.gnu.org?
Copyright assignments are only needed for projects for which the FSF holds the copyright and requires copyright assignments, and then only if one wants one's code to make it into the GNU-distributed version.
I don't believe it is possible to answer that question with more granularity without going down to a project-by-project check. There certainly have been packages available from ftp.gnu.org that do not require copyright assignments to contribute to.
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