Mark Wielaard writes:
> Then lets just let the past be the past. Now that the proposal is
> public lets discuss it publicly. There have been various question
> about the details on the overseers list. Lets just discuss those and
> see how we can move forward.
Along those lines, I asked a few que
On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:45:53 -0400
Robert Dewar wrote:
> I think there is a difference between a novel you can hold and
> read, and computer documentation. My question was not whether
> anyone reads books any more, it was whether people read computer
> manuals in this form any more.
Just as a ra
On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:57:59 EDT
ken...@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) wrote:
> I disagree. From what I see of the industry and its practices, I think the
> risk of an attack on Free Software due to lack of providence issues is
> INCREASING, not decreasing. As FLOSS software makes more and
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:39:11 -0700
Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> I am doing what I can. However, looking at other projects doesn't help
> very much because most other projects simply don't worry about these
> issues. That is, for example, why the Linux kernel was vulnerable to
> the SCO lawsuit
I
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:50:14 -0400
"Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote:
> If with kernel you mean Linux, then they require you to agree to an
> type of assignment (though not in paper form), same for git.
No.
What you agree to is the developers certificate of origin (DCO), which
says you have the right
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:00:13 -0400
"Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote:
>Given that there are plenty of high-profile projects out there
>which seem to be entirely safe in the absence of copyright
>assignment policies, why, exactly, does GCC need one to be "legally
>safe"?
>
> I do not know
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:51:17 -0400
"Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote:
> Not much can be done to either of those, the copyright assignments are
> necessary to keep GCC legally safe.
Given that there are plenty of high-profile projects out there which
seem to be entirely safe in the absence of copyright as
