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Re: Why not contribute? (to GCC)
Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc> writes:
> [...] What are clean room implementations for if not for avoiding
> copyright violation?
It's a paranoid measure to preclude the appearance of the possibility
of conceivable copyright violation. (It's also sometimes used in the
case of trade secrets.)
> At my company, we took things seriously [...]
I hope this degree of defensiveness is well justified and not too
costly in terms of your productiveness.
- FChE