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From: Diego Novillo <dnovillo@google.com>
To: Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
Cc: Robert Dewar <dewar@adacore.com>,
	       Richard Kenner <kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>,
	iant@google.com,        Joe.Buck@synopsys.com, ams@gnu.org,
	bkoz@redhat.com, gcc@gcc.gnu.org,
	       richard.guenther@gmail.com, stevenb.gcc@gmail.com
Subject: Re: GFDL/GPL issues
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:13:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTikQ_ajAfJu8LkCjCP_tVBmZOkNgXFNmFHAMzTiY@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C536B50.4010402@codesourcery.com>

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 00:16, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:

> In any case, you're suggesting we go against the express wishes of the
> FSF.  Would you suggest that we do that in the context of FSF GCC?

Well, this issue is another one in a long series of roadblocks that
we've had to struggle with over the years.  So, eventually, we should
seriously consider not being an FSF project anymore.

We are already having trouble keeping our documentation up-to-date.
Some of it is in such a poor shape as to be laughable.  Yes, it's
mostly our fault, but if we were able to generate documentation by
simply extracting it from the code.  Tools exist for this, and
properly maintained, they are very useful.

SC folks, please find some way of convincing the FSF to stop being
unreasonable about this.  We are already having a hard time generating
good documentation.  Why make it harder than it is?


Diego.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-08-02 23:13 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
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 [this message]
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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