GCC 3.3, GCC 3.4 [off-topic: forks]

[Joseph S. Myers]

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/>.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk