On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 01:55:05PM -0800, Ed S. Peschko wrote: > On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 02:14:00PM -0500, Andrew Pinski wrote: > > > > > > All, > > > > > > So, again, Is gcc planning on automatically moving to gpl version 3, > > > staying > > > at gpl version 2, or having a protracted discussion? What happens if some > > > developers decide they want to stay at 2 and others decide they want to > > > go with 3? > > > > We (developers/SC) don't have control over this, the FSF has the control. > > When the FSF says move over to GPLv3 we will, no questions. > > All GNU projects which are copyrighted by the FSF will be the same: glibc, > > bintuils, gdb, etc. > > So I gather that the FSF has some sort of property-rights transfer document > that > developers sign in order to make their patches FSF property? If not, how > would > you force compliance with individual patches from various contributors who > want > to stay at version2? Or would you only accept patches from people who are > happy > with version3?
GCC developers assign copyright to the Free Software Foundation, which is the copyright holder for all GNU projects; see http://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html. This discussion is off-topic for this mailing list. Janis
