From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eli Zaretskii" To: "Manu" Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Configure GDB for MinGW Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 10:41:00 -0000 Message-id: <1438-Wed26May2004133824+0300-eliz@gnu.org> References: <000b01c43f1b$1c595560$e586f8c1@tbird1000> <200405241736.i4OHapkM000351@elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org> <20040524210149.GA11067@coe.bosbc.com> <001101c442a1$77545580$4619fdc1@ftiy9yhq97> <20040526022749.GA25725@coe.bosbc.com> X-SW-Source: 2004-05/msg00738.html > Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 22:27:49 -0400 > From: Christopher Faylor > > >I've been managing a project for two or three years, I created the > >application under the GNU GPL and its library under the public domain. > >I'm supporting both Free Software and Open Source. Then, I think you > >can trust what I'm providing. IMO, It is more valuable than any paper. > > Judging your reputation isn't really an option for me. Signing papers is not about the reputation of the person who contributes; in fact, it has nothing to do with that at all. It is required for the GNU project to be able to defend in court its legal right to distribute every single line of the code in its projects, in the (arguably improbable) case that some software vendor will try to claim that part of the GDB code was unlawfully stolen from that software vendor. For example, your employer could claim that code you contributed to GDB was written when you were working for that employer and that therefore that code is your employer's property, and the FSF has no right to distribute it.