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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:08:00 -0000
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Subject: Re: GFDL/GPL issues
From: Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com>
To: Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
Cc: Richard Guenther <richard.guenther@gmail.com>, Joe Buck <Joe.Buck@synopsys.com>, 	Robert Dewar <dewar@adacore.com>, Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com>, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>, 	"gcc@gcc.gnu.org" <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
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On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wro=
te:
> Steven Bosscher wrote:
>
>>> Why not just ignore RMS and the license issues and simply do what we
>>> think suits us and the project. =A0Let the FSF deal with the legal cons=
equences,
>>> they put us in this messy situation, they deal with it.
>>
>> It seems to me that escalating the issue is more helpful. GCC is not
>> the only project with this problem.
>
> Sadly, at this point, RMS is simply taking the position that this is not
> a problem worth solving.

Ah, how the "free" in Free Software Foundation takes a whole different
meaning when it comes to actual freedom...

Ciao!
Steven