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Re: PATCH: contributewhy.html


On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Kamil Iskra wrote:
>> + <P>Yes, the GPL allows you to do that.
>                 ^^^
> Shouldn't this be "GNU GPL"? I seem to remember that FSF insists on this,
> otherwise people think that the stuff is called "GNU Public License".

Well, RMS did not spot this, but I checked the main GNU site and I believe
you are right. Fixed with the patch below.

Thanks for pointing this out!

Gerald

Index: contributewhy.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/contributewhy.html,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -c -3 -p -r1.2 contributewhy.html
*** contributewhy.html	2000/01/29 00:08:33	1.2
--- contributewhy.html	2000/02/01 01:24:38
*************** of your GCC port, which is a waste of yo
*** 83,89 ****
  GCC sources?  We can distribute it ourselves to whoever is
  interested.</EM></P>
  
! <P>Yes, the GPL allows you to do that.  But by doing so, you end up
  having to maintain that code yourself; this can be a significant
  effort over time as the GCC sources change rapidly.</P>
  
--- 83,89 ----
  GCC sources?  We can distribute it ourselves to whoever is
  interested.</EM></P>
  
! <P>Yes, the GNU GPL allows you to do that.  But by doing so, you end up
  having to maintain that code yourself; this can be a significant
  effort over time as the GCC sources change rapidly.</P>
  


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