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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jan-2023 04:58:30 UTC Bernie

   Just saw this line in the NEWS file of #GNU #binutils:

   * DCO signed contributions are now accepted.

   DCO is the Developer Certificate of Origin, which is essentially the "Signed-off-by:" header used in git commits for the Linux kernel:
   https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/dco

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jan-2023 05:14:10 UTC Bernie

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     This is HUGE: for 30+ years, the #GNU Project has been saddled with the practice of requiring all contributors to sign a contract assigning copyrights to the #FSF.

     I remember reluctantly signing the legal papers so I could contribute to GCC and Binutils for the m68k target, and only because I was being given no choice to decline.

     Perhaps the GNU toolchain will set an example that other GNU projects will follow 🙏

     @lxoliva@social.libreplanetbr.org, what do you think?