Re: removing toxic emailers

2021-04-19 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 3:06 AM > From: "Thomas Rodgers" > To: "Jonathan Wakely" > Cc: "Jonathan Wakely via Gcc" > Subject: Re: removing toxic emailers > > On 2021-04-18 23:29, Jonathan Wakely via Gcc wrote: > > > On Mon, 19 Apr 2021, 02:41 Frosku, wrote: > > > > On Sun Apr 18, 2021

Re: removing toxic emailers

2021-04-19 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 3:47 PM > From: "Frosku" > To: "Thomas Rodgers" , "Jonathan Wakely" > > Cc: "Jonathan Wakely via Gcc" > Subject: Re: removing toxic emailers > > On Mon Apr 19, 2021 at 4:06 PM BST, Thomas Rodgers wrote: > > Google doesn't pay anybody to work on GCC all day.

Re: On US corporate influence over Free Software and the GCC Steering Committee

2021-04-20 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
Obviously the dude was not Eric Raymond, because he would have sent the IBM Fuckhead an appropriate reply. These are the developers at IBM, who after being watched by the IBM Panopticon, they obey! Now repeat after me, "Whenever I hear the voice say, 'Now, listen to me, ' I will obey." "When I he

Re: On US corporate influence over Free Software and the GCC Steering Committee

2021-04-20 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
You got to understand what an employee 100% of the time means. It means to be 100% Employer-Owned - It is the Culture of Ownership. But the tyrannical double standard do-gooders and the continued pretense that they're trying to help people in this society (e.g. women, minorities, free software, et

Update to GCC copyright assignment policy

2021-06-01 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
compatible license without requiring copyright. - Christopher Dimech Society has became 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

Update to GCC copyright assignment policy

2021-06-01 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
port that piece of code for some particular reason, he should be able to do it. A free software license should not stop us from using the code, whether he died or not. Indeed the licensing is there to avoid such problems. It is also legally enforceable. It was one of wy arguments in favour.

Update to GCC copyright assignment policy

2021-06-01 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
ersonally I think that while assignment is a PITA and I wish it were > easier, it is extremely valuable and provides a lot of flexibility, and > shouldn't be abandoned without very, VERY careful consideration. > > And, that decision and those considerations should be documented and &g

Update to GCC copyright assignment policy

2021-06-01 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2021 at 4:24 AM > From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" > To: "Christopher Dimech" > Cc: "Paul Koning" , "Jakub Jelinek" > , "GCC Development" > Subject: Re: Update to GCC copyright assignment policy >

Update to GCC copyright assignment policy

2021-06-01 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
A file should be kept with the author name, date and changes done by each contributor. Including this is the source code would make the history too long. Otherwise, such information can be put at the end of the file. - Christopher Dimech Society has became too quick to pass judgement and

Update to GCC copyright assignment policy

2021-06-01 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
of the > sources, but I suspect it will. A copyright assignment made to FSF (or > another legal entity) prevents this complication from happening. > > Maciej No. What the copyright holder can do is the re-license by any other license he wants (even proprietary). But you can&#

Update to GCC copyright assignment policy

2021-06-01 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
the FSF is unskilled and unnecessary. Much effort should rather be put upon doing real work, opposing the European Union Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market that came into force on 7 June 2019. > > I would be happy to setup a shared copyright pool under the Conservancy > > Copyleft

Update to GCC copyright assignment policy

2021-06-02 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
n to continue with the current system of copyright assignment to a single entity. And only allow the use of additional contributions for unique and special situations that arise. Because there could be a time where you would not be able to use that piece of code. The biggest problem is loos

Update to GCC copyright assignment policy

2021-06-03 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
he 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 di

Update to GCC copyright assignment policy

2021-06-03 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
are Freedom Law Center has always sought to resolve licensing disputes amicably. On the other, the Software Freedom Conservancy takes much harder line against the noncompliance of licensing terms. On August 26, 2016, Linus Torvalds stated that he found such type of lawyering a nasty festering

Re: Update to GCC copyright assignment policy

2021-06-08 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2021 at 6:10 AM > From: "Giacomo Tesio" > To: "Jason Merrill" > Cc: "Jakub Jelinek" , "gcc Mailing List" > Subject: Re: Update to GCC copyright assignment policy > > Hi Jason, > > On June 7, 2021 5:24:12 PM UTC, Jason Merrill wrote: > > > > Why would someone bother to

Update to GCC copyright assignment policy

2021-06-08 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2021 at 2:17 AM > From: "Giacomo Tesio" > To: "David Edelsohn" > Cc: "Jakub Jelinek" , "gcc Mailing List" > Subject: Re: Update to GCC copyright assignment policy > > Hi David, > > On June 7, 2021 1:26:52 PM UTC, David Edelsohn wrote: > > > > > It's a breaking change,

Mission Statement

2021-06-09 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
was an announcement; the changes in the mission statement > reflect the new reality introduced by that announcement: > > https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2021-June/236182.html > > Siddhesh > - Christopher Dimech Administrator General - Naiad Informatics - Gnu Project Societ

GCC Mission Statement

2021-06-09 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 3:26 AM > From: "Giacomo Tesio" > To: "Richard Biener" > Cc: "gcc@gcc.gnu.org" , "Valentino Giudice" > > Subject: Re: GCC Mission Statement > > Sure Richard, I know. > > On June 9, 2021 2:32:22 PM UTC, Richard Biener wrote: > > > > You are free to create "D

Mission Statement

2021-06-09 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 3:49 AM > From: "Aaron Gyes via Gcc" > To: "GCC Administrator via Gcc" > Subject: Re: Mission Statement > > On Jun 9, 2021, at 8:30 AM, Christopher Dimech wrote: > > > > Besides inspiring a sceptic attit

Licensing Complications

2021-06-09 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
- Christopher Dimech Administrator General - Naiad Informatics - Gnu Project 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

Mission Statement

2021-06-09 Thread Christopher Dimech via Gcc
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 9:07 AM > From: "Aaron Gyes via Gcc" > To: "GCC Administrator via Gcc" > Subject: Re: Mission Statement > > > In this state of making something right, and making > > something wrong, there is no way for inclusiveness. > > Are you familiar with the tolerance para

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