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From: Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
To: Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com>
Cc: Robert Dewar <dewar@adacore.com>,
	Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>,
	 Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com>,
	gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: GFDL/GPL issues
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:45:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C4F1B47.20203@codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100727104115.70bacd35@shotwell>

Benjamin Kosnik wrote:

>> I believe that the right fix (short of simply abandoning the GFDL,
>> which would be fine with me, but is presumably not going to pass
>> muster with RMS) is a revision to the GPL that explicitly permits
>> relicensing GPL'd content under the GFDL, by anyone.

> I like the sound of this proposed solution and agree fully with your
> intent to get back to a more workable state for documentation
> production and creation.

I've made the case on the SC list.  RMS has thus far not responded
directly to this suggestion, but thus far has not seemed terribly
concerned about the inability to move things between code and documentation.

A few of the other SC members have weighed in, but it would certainly be
helpful if more would do so.

Thanks,

-- 
Mark Mitchell
CodeSourcery
mark@codesourcery.com
(650) 331-3385 x713

  reply	other threads:[~2010-07-27 17:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 139+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-26  4:19 Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26  7:25 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-05-26 15:42   ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2010-05-26 16:03     ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26 18:10       ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-05-26 18:27         ` Richard Kenner
2010-05-26 18:42         ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26 21:06           ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-05-26 21:07             ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26 21:42               ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-26 21:26             ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-26 21:28               ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26 22:54                 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-05-26 23:12                   ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26 21:37             ` Joseph S. Myers
2010-05-27  5:10           ` Russ Allbery
2010-05-26 19:16         ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-26 16:08     ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-26 18:09     ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-05-26 18:12       ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26 23:12       ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-05-26  8:04 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-27  7:25   ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-05-27  8:04     ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-27  8:12       ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-05-26 21:15 ` Matthias Klose
2010-05-26 21:42   ` Joseph S. Myers
2010-05-26 21:51   ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-27  0:01 ` Hans-Peter Nilsson
2010-05-27  5:39 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-05-27 11:46   ` Joseph S. Myers
2010-05-27 17:20   ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-05-27 22:51     ` Russ Allbery
2010-05-28  0:32       ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-28  2:51         ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-07-15  0:23 ` Benjamin Kosnik
2010-07-22 23:22   ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-22 23:28     ` Steven Bosscher
2010-07-22 23:36       ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-23  0:27         ` Joe Buck
2010-07-23  2:18           ` Joern Rennecke
2010-07-23  3:11           ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-23  8:23         ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-07-23 15:59           ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-23 16:34             ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-07-23 16:42               ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-27  0:50           ` Benjamin Kosnik
2010-07-27  1:26             ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-27  1:37               ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-27 15:54                 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-27 17:41                   ` Benjamin Kosnik
2010-07-27 17:45                     ` Mark Mitchell [this message]
2010-07-27 21:20                     ` Gerald Pfeifer
2010-07-27 18:08                   ` Joe Buck
2010-07-27 18:09                     ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-27 20:25                       ` Richard Guenther
2010-07-27 21:39                         ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-28 21:00                         ` Steven Bosscher
2010-07-28 21:17                           ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-28 22:08                             ` Steven Bosscher
2010-07-28 22:30                               ` Richard Guenther
2010-07-29  7:41                               ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-07-29  8:36                                 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-07-29  8:55                                   ` Miles Bader
2010-07-29  9:23                                   ` Toon Moene
2010-07-29 12:47                                   ` Richard Kenner
2010-07-29 14:11                                     ` Joern Rennecke
2010-07-29 14:25                                       ` Richard Kenner
2010-07-29 14:33                                         ` Jeff Law
2010-07-29 14:40                                           ` Richard Kenner
2010-07-30 11:02                                           ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-30 11:01                                         ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-30 18:08                                         ` Toon Moene
2010-07-29 14:53                                     ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-30 11:03                                       ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-30 14:29                                         ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-30 15:54                                           ` Joern Rennecke
2010-07-31  0:10                                             ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-31  3:11                                               ` Joern Rennecke
2010-07-31 12:24                                                 ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-31  0:08                                           ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-31  0:16                                             ` Mark Mitchell
2010-08-02 23:13                                               ` Diego Novillo
2010-08-02 23:16                                                 ` Richard Kenner
2010-08-02 23:21                                                   ` Diego Novillo
2010-08-02 23:23                                                   ` Steven Bosscher
2010-08-02 23:34                                                     ` Richard Kenner
2010-08-02 23:45                                                       ` Mark Mitchell
2010-08-03  0:57                                                         ` Richard Kenner
2010-08-03  2:08                                                           ` Mark Mitchell
2010-08-03 18:46                                                           ` Robert Dewar
2010-08-15 19:16                                                             ` Florian Weimer
2010-08-15 16:17                                                               ` Robert Dewar
2010-08-15 16:11                                                                 ` Florian Weimer
2010-08-15 16:19                                                                   ` Richard Kenner
2010-08-15 19:47                                                                   ` Joel Sherrill
2010-08-15 20:21                                                                     ` Florian Weimer
2010-08-16 12:10                                                                   ` Miles Bader
2010-08-17  3:19                                                                     ` Joern Rennecke
2010-08-17  3:56                                                                       ` Richard Kenner
2010-08-17 10:41                                                                         ` Joern Rennecke
2010-08-03  9:05                                                       ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-03  0:51                                                   ` Paul Koning
2010-08-03 16:20                                                     ` Joe Buck
2010-08-03 18:49                                                       ` Robert Dewar
2010-08-03 21:45                                                         ` Steven Bosscher
2010-08-15 16:17                                                         ` Florian Weimer
2010-08-15 17:24                                                           ` Robert Dewar
2010-08-15 16:12                                                             ` Richard Kenner
2010-08-15 16:17                                                             ` Florian Weimer
2010-08-15 16:16                                                               ` Robert Dewar
2010-08-16 20:53                                                             ` Jonathan Corbet
2010-08-03 19:58                                                       ` Joseph S. Myers
2010-08-04  7:23                                                         ` Benjamin Kosnik
2010-08-04 13:10                                                           ` Diego Novillo
2010-08-04  7:21                                                       ` Benjamin Kosnik
2010-08-04 16:46                                                         ` Joe Buck
2010-08-04 17:35                                                           ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-08-04 18:37                                                             ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-04 18:45                                                               ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-04 18:56                                                               ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-08-04 18:59                                                                 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-04 19:02                                                                   ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-04 20:03                                                                 ` Jonathan Wakely
2010-08-04 20:25                                                                   ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-08-04 20:52                                                                     ` Diego Novillo
2010-08-04 21:12                                                                     ` Richard Guenther
2010-08-04 22:29                                                                       ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-04 23:08                                                                         ` Joe Buck
2010-08-05  3:54                                                                           ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-05  3:09                                                                     ` Jonathan Wakely
2010-08-04 18:48                                                             ` Joe Buck
2010-08-04 20:42                                                               ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-08-03 18:36                                                 ` Robert Dewar
2010-08-04  0:08                                                   ` Miles Bader
2010-07-27  3:31               ` Miles Bader
2010-07-29 20:20 Brian Makin
2010-07-29 21:06 ` Joe Buck
2010-08-04 20:03 Brian Makin

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