Re(2): PSPP brings an industry standard statistical tool to Linux
Posted by: Anonymous
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on October 18, 2008 11:20 AM
And did SCO-own-the copyright-to-the-linux-kernel?
No.
If every kernel hacker had reassigned copyright to Linus, would it have made any difference to the court case?
No.
The FSF's attitude towards copyright is crippling. For example I have followed the mailing lists for GnuPDF. This project does not have "lots of contributors", being very early in development. But they have been happy to turn away willing coders over copyright reassignment. If contributors are willing to offer code under "GPLvX or above" this should be enough.
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Re(2): PSPP brings an industry standard statistical tool to Linux
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 91.84.13.8] on October 18, 2008 11:20 AMNo.
If every kernel hacker had reassigned copyright to Linus, would it have made any difference to the court case?
No.
The FSF's attitude towards copyright is crippling. For example I have followed the mailing lists for GnuPDF. This project does not have "lots of contributors", being very early in development. But they have been happy to turn away willing coders over copyright reassignment. If contributors are willing to offer code under "GPLvX or above" this should be enough.
FSF/GNU remains a cathedral rather than a bazaar.
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