On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:00:35 +0200
Jeroen Dekkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 04:34:26PM -0400, Daniel Gryniewicz wrote:
> > There's one important change, which may very well be impossible: You must
> > assign the copyright ownership to the FSF in writing. This means everyone
who> > has contributed to Plex86 must agree. I find this somewhat unlikely,
but I> > haven't contributed, so I don't get an actual vote.
>
> To quote RMS:
> "Deciding that a program is GNU software does not necessarily require
> transferring copyright to the FSF; that is a separate question. If you
> transfer the copyright to the FSF, the FSF will enforce the GPL for
> the program if someone violates it; if you keep the copyright,
> enforcement will be up to you."
>
> Jeroen Dekkers
Then what exactly would being "GNU Software" gain us? I seem to have this
discussion confused with a similar one on another list, and I thought
enforcement was one of the reasons.
Daniel
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