Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 23:14:50 -0500 From: Garrett Rooney <rooneg@electricjellyfish.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> 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: <20020131041449.GB63522@electricjellyfish.net> In-Reply-To: <3C58C328.E89F2A0A@mindspring.com> References: <20020131025121.308C13A9A@overcee.wemm.org> <3C58BC92.44F5ED37@mindspring.com> <20020131034622.GA63522@electricjellyfish.net> <3C58C328.E89F2A0A@mindspring.com>
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 08:08:08PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > Garrett Rooney wrote: > > distributing source code is not the same as maintaining it. the > > section you're refering to is: > > > > "Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three > > years, > [ ... ] > > this doesn't say anything other than you have to provide the source > > code. i fail to see how you get 'maintain' from this. > > 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. -garrett -- garrett rooney Unix was not designed to stop you from rooneg@electricjellyfish.net doing stupid things, because that would http://electricjellyfish.net/ stop you from doing clever things. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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