From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9582 invoked by alias); 18 Dec 2002 16:48:56 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 9570 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2002 16:48:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nile.gnat.com) (205.232.38.5) by 209.249.29.67 with SMTP; 18 Dec 2002 16:48:54 -0000 Received: by nile.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 338) id D03E5F2DCC; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 11:48:42 -0500 (EST) To: shebs@apple.com, torvalds@transmeta.com Subject: Re: source mgt. requirements solicitation Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, velco@fadata.bg, zack@codesourcery.com Message-Id: <20021218164842.D03E5F2DCC@nile.gnat.com> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:35:00 -0000 From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) X-SW-Source: 2002-12/txt/msg01134.txt.bz2 >But gcc development not only has the "CVS mentality", it has >the "FSF disease" with the paperwork crap and copyright assignment crap. > Gosh, let's hope that this is indeed correct (and that taking care to get IPR in good shape is crap) but I must say I worry a lot about projects that do not follow this mentality, I think the possible exposures are severe. Still, off topic for this list I suppose.