On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 07:42:37PM +0000, Julian Hall wrote:
> That sounds more than a little hypocritical to me; the FSF themselves require a
> copyright assignment if you contribute to any of their major projects (I was
> going to contribute to GCC, but was put off by the paperwork involved...).

The FSF doesn't ask a copyright assignment to make proprietary products,
but to keep it free. You sign a contract with them and that the FSF will
keep the code free forever is part of that contract AFAIK.

Jeoren Dekkers
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