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Re: GCC 3.3, GCC 3.4 [off-topic: forks]
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- To: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
- Cc: Scott Robert Ladd <scott at coyotegulch dot com>, <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 08:57:44 +0000 (GMT)
- Subject: Re: GCC 3.3, GCC 3.4 [off-topic: forks]
On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Per Bothner wrote:
> The FSF views the *freedom* to create forks as essential. However,
> they tend to view *actual* forks as something to be avoided: A
> failure due to developers being unable to co-operate. When developers
> compete instead of co-operating, it may lead to wasteful duplication
> of effort. But at the least the GPL allows code even in competing
> forks to be merged.
This dichotomy between the freedom to fork and the discouragement of
forking is discussed in ESR's "Homesteading the Noosphere"
<http://catb.org/~esr/writings/homesteading/homesteading/>.
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Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk