"Jose E. Marchesi via Gcc" <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> writes: >> GCC was created as part of the GNU Project but has grown to operate as >> an autonomous project. >> >> The GCC Steering Committee has decided to relax the requirement to >> assign copyright for all changes to the Free Software Foundation. GCC >> will continue to be developed, distributed, and licensed under the GNU >> General Public License v3.0. GCC will now accept contributions with or >> without an FSF copyright assignment. This change is consistent with >> the practices of many other major Free Software projects, such as the >> Linux kernel. >> >> Contributors who have an FSF Copyright Assignment don't need to >> change anything. Contributors who wish to utilize the Developer Certificate >> of Origin[1] should add a Signed-off-by message to their commit messages. >> Developers with commit access may add their name to the DCO list in the >> MAINTAINERS file to certify the DCO for all future commits in lieu of >> individual >> Signed-off-by messages for each commit. >> >> The GCC Steering Committee continues to affirm the principles of Free >> Software, and that will never change. >> >> - The GCC Steering Committee >> >> [1] https://developercertificate.org/ > > Eer, so you are changing the license of GCC from GPLv3+ to GPLv3 only?? > > Why current contributors (individuals and corporations) have not been > consulted before making and implementing such important decisions?
Can't agree more. Critiquing FSF for lack of process transparency and at the same time implementing such a drastic change with zero involvement of the community sounds bizzarre to me to say the least. [...] > I respectfully ask the GCC Steering Committee to suspend the > implementation of these changes until the rationale and the practical > consequences of changing the GCC contribution model and its license have > been carefully thought, discussed and preferably consensuated among the > GCC contributors and maintainers. Quote. Best Regards. Andrea
