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Re: [gfortran] Change libgfortran license to GPL+exception
Jeffrey A Law wrote:
> Changing the license is something that the FSF (via RMS) would have
> to decide. It's not something in the realm of what developers decide.
I did take the route Mike Stump suggested on September 1st:
> The purpose of assigning copyright to the FSF is to allow the FSF to
> correct goofs like this. If that was done for Fortran, and it should
> have been, then the FSF can decide to change it. The right global
> rights person that would review this _knows_ if they can without asking
> the FSF for permission, and _will_ ask them otherwise.
>
> So, short story long, it is ok to do up the patch and submit it, but it
> _must_ be reviewed by the right person. Law in the past has had some
> state on this topic, and might be the right person, the SC can ok it as
> well. Not that they can, but rather, they know if they can, and won't
> if they can't.
>
> All the libfortran maintainers are supposed to know all of this... :-)
> so it isn't meant to controversial. In addition, the library
> reviewers really should catch this sort of thing _before_ oking work,
> not after. :-( It is always more painful after.
That didn't lead anyhere. What would you suggest as the right way of solving
this problem?
- Tobi