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Re: GFDL/GPL issues
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>> Steven Bosscher wrote:
>>
>>>> Why not just ignore RMS and the license issues and simply do what we
>>>> think suits us and the project. ?Let the FSF deal with the legal consequences,
>>>> they put us in this messy situation, they deal with it.
>>>
>>> It seems to me that escalating the issue is more helpful. GCC is not
>>> the only project with this problem.
>>
>> Sadly, at this point, RMS is simply taking the position that this is not
>> a problem worth solving.
>
> Ah, how the "free" in Free Software Foundation takes a whole different
> meaning when it comes to actual freedom...
Ha! Sounds like time to overturn the (benevolent?) dictator!
Richard.