Joerg Schilling wrote:
From: Reinhard Mueller reinhard.mueller@bytewise.at This is not really true.
- It's not true that all GNU projects _must_ have copyright assigned to
FSF. However, you are asked to do so, and it's a good choice to do so if you want your software to be incorporated into the official GNU system.
It seems that you are badly informed....
I _have_ been in discussion with FSF about this topic when talking about 'star' ~ 3 years ago.
After several other points have been agreed on, they told me that I am requested to transfer the copyright to FSF.
After I told them that I will not do this but I will allow FSF to _add_ their copyright notice to mine, they stopped with the discussion. It seems that at least for core programs FSF insists in this point which
Yes probably for core programs. That makes sense. But not for _every_ GNU program, AFAIK. And it has nothing to do with the GPL actually (and this thread is about licenses, IIRC).
from point of view reduces freedom.
From whose point of view? And whose freedom is reduced? The user's? (which is the one free software is all about)
Thanks,