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Re: Discouraging contributors (Was: g++.old-deja/g++.other/anon7.C)
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- To: Bernardo Innocenti <bernie at develer dot com>
- Cc: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner), gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 30 Jul 2003 02:11:51 -0300
- Subject: Re: Discouraging contributors (Was: g++.old-deja/g++.other/anon7.C)
- Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat
- References: <10307282117.AA04339@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu><200307290115.07722.bernie@develer.com>
On Jul 28, 2003, Bernardo Innocenti <bernie@develer.com> wrote:
> Do you really need 100% legal assurance for *everything* you do, even
> when the countermeasure is extremely expensive, the event is very unlikely
> and the damage you may get is insignificant?
Consider the mess that SCO is making with so-far unproved claims.
Requiring copyright assignments is a way to avoid claims that we're
careless about legal issues regarding the code we ship.
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