Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 22:01:37 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Trent Waddington <s337240@student.uq.edu.au>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again' Message-ID: <20010220220137.J38225@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20010220122938.A36807@mollari.cthul.hu>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 12:29:38PM -0800 References: <Pine.OSF.4.30.0102210356590.15120-100000@student.uq.edu.au> <20010220122938.A36807@mollari.cthul.hu>
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Kris Kennaway said on Feb 20, 2001 at 12:29:38: > On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 05:28:46AM +1000, Trent Waddington wrote: > > > > Late '99 I wrote a backend for gcc targeting the java virtual machine. At > > the time the university I was working for did not want to release the code > > (they had paid me to develop it) but I managed to convince them that it > > was better to release the source code than have it sit on the shelf and do > > nothing. They refused however to sign the copyright assignment forms to > > make it part of the gcc distribution. I recently asked RMS if he figured > > it would be worth my while to go and ask for the assignment again as I > > figured that after reaping nothing from the code for 18 months they may be > > more forthcoming. This is the response I got. RMS essentially tells me > > to bury the code in the backyard because it might be "dangerous". > > Release it under the BSDL and really piss RMS off :-) Actually, if you really want to get it into mainstream gcc, it seems to me that RMS is the wrong guy to ask. Have you tried the gcc team? http://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html I don't know whether they'll agree with RMS: I suspect not. -Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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