Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 12:29:38 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Trent Waddington <s337240@student.uq.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again' Message-ID: <20010220122938.A36807@mollari.cthul.hu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.30.0102210356590.15120-100000@student.uq.edu.au>; from s337240@student.uq.edu.au on Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 05:28:46AM %2B1000 References: <Pine.OSF.4.30.0102210356590.15120-100000@student.uq.edu.au>
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--W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 05:28:46AM +1000, Trent Waddington wrote: >=20 > 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 :-) Kris --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6ktOxWry0BWjoQKURAmHVAKC6EgDo3xH/NOqTT7gEks+VAUTRpwCdFxIU PmB9BqXquxe2tGFFdeY03iI= =TB53 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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