Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 06:34:57 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org.nospam.iisc.ernet.in Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <20000514063457.A23845@physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <200005140054.RAA17178@sharmas.dhs.org>; from adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org on Sat, May 13, 2000 at 05:54:02PM -0700 References: <3.0.6.32.20000513143506.00895650@mail85.pair.com> <391D71FE.1570F551@asme.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005130735370.20100-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> <391D4DAD.FD80980A@picusnet.com> <003b01bfbcdc$6059fb40$a164aad0@kickme> <391D71FE.1570F551@asme.org> <20000513205610.A22103@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <3.0.6.32.20000513143506.00895650@mail85.pair.com> <3.0.6.32.20000513180213.00894400@mail85.pair.com> <200005140054.RAA17178@sharmas.dhs.org>
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> Just to make sure that everyone understands what you're saying, if you make > changes to some "core" GNU software (gcc or emacs), GNU project will > not incorporate the code, unless you reassign the copyright to FSF. But if you absolutely hate that idea, you can fork the code (eg xemacs). You need to assign copyrights to the FSF only if you want your changes to enter the "official", FSF-maintained code. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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