On Mar 22, 2009, at 3:38 PM, Jeff Law wrote:
Steven Bosscher wrote:
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Jeff Law <l...@redhat.com> wrote:
I think you're wrong. Many of these players are large companies
(such
as IBM and now, RedHat). Putting them in the position of having
to
"reject" the official FSF contribution is awkward for them.
I'm sorry, but I don't see it that way.
Having been on the front lines on this issue in the past, I can
say our
customers certainly cared about it and therefore we (Cygnus, now
Red Hat)
care about it.
Perhaps it was true more 12 years ago than today. The whole idea of
FOSS is probably better understood than 12 years ago. At least,
projects like Linux and LLVM attract contributions from large
companies without involvement of the FSF.
These companies really don't care about FOSS in the same way GCC
developers do. I'd be highly confident that this would still be a
serious issue for the majority of the companies I've interacted with
through the years.
Hi Jeff,
Can you please explain the differences you see between how GCC
developers and other people think about FOSS? I'm curious about your
perception here, and what basis it is grounded on.
Thanks,
-Chris
