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Re: SGI releases IA64 C C++ and F90 compiler under GPL
- To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej at zembu dot com>
- Subject: Re: SGI releases IA64 C C++ and F90 compiler under GPL
- From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at transmeta dot com>
- Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 10:19:50 -0700 (PDT)
- cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
On Sun, 21 May 2000, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 09:48:13AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> > - The requirement to do the copyright assignment is quite controversial.
> > Here the avowed anti-hoarder is himself hoarding stuff, "in the name of
> > good". Why? I've heard some legal excuses, but I have yet to hear a
> > single ethical excuse for it. And I do not think that there is one.
>
> ...except, `ethics' don't really count when it comes down to it, because
> we're all governed by laws. So, the legal excuses really are the only
> ones that count.
What?
Ethics don't count? Law before morals?
Jawohl, mein herr! The Third Reich welcomes you.
(This should also stop the thread, I don't think we can go further ;)
Linus
PS. I disagree _strongly_. I thought that the whole point of the FSF was
to be ethical first, and only see law as a way of possibly pursuing and
protecting ethics. If not, I am sorely disappointed.