From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jan 31 2:23:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from deathrow.mail.pas.earthlink.net (deathrow.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B22B37B400 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 02:23:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.12] helo=harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net) by deathrow.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16WBqR-0003bS-00 for chat@freebsd.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 23:41:19 -0800 Received: from pool0237.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.192.237] helo=mindspring.com) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16WBpn-0006hf-00; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 23:40:39 -0800 Message-ID: <3C58F4F0.28E4E464@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 23:40:32 -0800 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Garrett Rooney Cc: Peter Wemm , Garance A Drosihn , Alfred Perlstein , Poul-Henning Kamp , Jordan Hubbard , Dallas De Atley , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: __P macro question References: <20020131025121.308C13A9A@overcee.wemm.org> <3C58BC92.44F5ED37@mindspring.com> <20020131034622.GA63522@electricjellyfish.net> <3C58C328.E89F2A0A@mindspring.com> <20020131041449.GB63522@electricjellyfish.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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