#GCC does away with the requirement for copyright assignments to the FSF:
https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2021-June/236182.html
I think it’s a wise decision in this day and age. 👍
@iron_bug What you describe has little to do with FSF copyright assignment IMO.
@iron_bug I would very much like to see more companies and especially more individuals contributing to GCC, but I am very thankful to all the Red Hat employees who’ve kept improving it over the years.
Thanks to people like them, GCC is still striving despite huge efforts of companies such as Apple as well as anti-copyleft folks to get rid of it.
@civodul
To downstream #GCC users, this move open to the sort of legal litigations that affect the #Linux kernel (usually settled out of court, for money).
But what I love about it is the double-thinking of the supporters that few weeks ago were crying about the lack of transparency in #FSF gevernment.
This change has been announced by the Steering Committee to the GCC community without discussion.
A Steering Committe in the hands of few USA corporations.
But it's all fine, isn't it?
@iron_bug