On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 02:09:52PM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > There were demands that I point at the DFSG, and I did so. Now you > want a practical example. Here's some attempts at one: [...] > * I can't fork the code, even distributing as patches. There's no way > for me to make XEmacs, which is FSF Emacs + code by people who won't > transfer copyright to the FSF.
This part I find particularly interesting, because I see the freedom to fork as fundamental. I don't understand your reasoning, though. Can you explain what would go wrong if I tried to create an XOcaml? (Note that the source+patches problem itself is addressed by DFSG#4, though obviously not in the way I would like.) Richard Braakman
