On Thursday 20 January 2011 09:14:57 Steven S. Critchfield wrote: > BTW, while I didn't download the code to look for the license in it, the > agreement that you have to sign to contribute code back means it is not > really a fully open project. The assignment of copyrights and patents to > the sponsoring corp means they can take the software in their repo > private at anytime they wish. You get free as in beer but not free as > in speech.
You clearly have not read the agreements for contributing code to GNU projects. You are likewise required to sign over your copyright to the FSF, and the only reason you have to believe that the FSF won't take its software private is the reputation of each of its board of directors. There is similarly nothing legally to prevent FSF from doing so. -- Tilghman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
