> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2021 at 2:45 AM
> From: "Giacomo Tesio" <giac...@tesio.it>
> To: "Jakub Jelinek" <ja...@redhat.com>
> Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Update to GCC copyright assignment policy
>
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 16:14:15 +0200 Jakub Jelinek wrote:
>
> > Because it makes no sense
>
> A change in the copyright policies and ownership of a project is usually
> seen as a very big change, so much that usually the project change its
> whole name, not just its major version.
>
> > doing a GCC release is lots of work and GCC has a
> > roughly yearly release cadence for a reason.
>
> Actually an year of delay on such policy change would be very welcome.
>
> I would have really appreciated if the GCC SC had announced such change
> for the upcoming GCC 12 while sticking to the old policy in GCC 11.
>
> > You can always cherry-pick any changes assigned to FSF from trunk to
> > 11.1 on your own
>
> Sure, I can.
>
> But most users usually download tarballs.
>
> Having the first non-FSF-copyrighted version in a new version would be
> very appreciated by many organizations around the world that prefer
> to have as few legal dependencies as possible.
>
> That's why it's a major change for people downstream!
>
> Giacomo
It all depends on whether the maintainer wants it included. Has
nothing to do with legal dependencies. Suppose a person gives
you a free software license, but at a later time changes the
license. You would still be able to use the code, and distribute
modified copies. What has to happen is for developers to ask
their employers to issue them with a "Disclamer of Copyright
Statement".
The major problem is still linked to the reality that many
business administrators have a grasping attitude towards
software, science, and knowledge in general, seeing any activity or
knowledge only as opportunities for unjust income, not as
opportunities to contribute to human knowledge.
Workers today have no rights in the new digital world.
----- Christopher Dimech
General Administrator - Naiad Informatics - Gnu Project (Geocomputation)
Society has become too quick to pass judgement and declare someone
Persona Non-Grata, the most extreme form of censure a country can
bestow.
In a new era of destructive authoritarianism, I support Richard
Stallman. Times of great crisis are also times of great
opportunity. I call upon you to make this struggle yours as well !
https://stallmansupport.org/
https://www.fsf.org/ https://www.gnu.org/
