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Re: http://g95.sourceforge.net or http://gcc-g95.sourceforge.net
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- To: Steven Bosscher <s dot bosscher at student dot tudelft dot nl>
- Cc: Mike Stump <mrs at apple dot com>,Andreas Meier <andreas dot meier_ at gmx dot de>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 10:50:42 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: http://g95.sourceforge.net or http://gcc-g95.sourceforge.net
- References: <5B61C5C0-954B-11D7-8138-003065A77310@apple.com><3EDBD882.1010007@student.tudelft.nl>
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Steven Bosscher wrote:
> Note that we (you, I, anyone) have the _right_ to get the source code of
> his tree, by the GPL. Just pretending that his tree does not exist, is
> an action that in IMHO undermines the GPL.
Yes, but even if you can obtain changes in his tree by virtue of the GPL,
you still won't be able to use them in FSF GCC unless he assign copyright
of his changes to the FSF.
In other words, while the GPL is sufficient to keep software free (in the
FSF sense), one can still easily branch off FSF sources without the FSF
being able to make use of his/her code. :-(
Gerald
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