Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 23:40:32 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Garrett Rooney <rooneg@electricjellyfish.net> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org>, Dallas De Atley <deatley@apple.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: __P macro question Message-ID: <3C58F4F0.28E4E464@mindspring.com> References: <20020131025121.308C13A9A@overcee.wemm.org> <3C58BC92.44F5ED37@mindspring.com> <20020131034622.GA63522@electricjellyfish.net> <3C58C328.E89F2A0A@mindspring.com> <20020131041449.GB63522@electricjellyfish.net>
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Garrett Rooney wrote: > > Tell me: how can I ensure the validity of my offer in the > > future, if I'm the sole distributor because my changes were > > not accepted back into the main GCC line, and I get hit by > > a bus? > > being required to ensure that your changes are available is not the > same as 'maintaining' gcc. at least the way i interpret 'maintaining' > a software package, it would involve dealing with bug reports, > accepting patches from users, and about a million things other than > just making it available for download. > > if you mean 'make available for download for 3 years' (which is what > the license is requiring), then say that. Yes, I mean "make available for download for three years, even if that period of time exceeds the lifetime of your company". I also mean "maintain", as in each change you make will restart the 3 year clock. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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