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Re: Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages


> >> (Minor quibble) As copyright owner of GCC, the FSF is not bound by the
> >> conditions of the licence it grants in the same way as licencees are
> >> bound. So I don't think this provision in itself would mandate that
> >> those who have copyright assignments to the FSF record their changes.
> > 
> > I was hoping nobody would notice that.  ;-)
> 
>
> Actually I think this is wrong, the FSF holds the copyright by virtue of
> a copyright assignment which contains the guarantee that the software
> will be distributed under the GPL (at least that's my recollection of the
> assignment document).

That part's true, but the cited part of the GPL applies only to somebody
who makes a *modification* to the work of the copyright holder and
redistributes that work.  Such a condition doesn't apply to the FSF, who
*is* the copyright holder.


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