Re: why do not provide author's names and legal docs to emasc ?
Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org> writes:
At 11:23 AM 3/7/00 -0800, Kyle Jones wrote:
>kai writes:
> > why?????????????????????????????????????????????
>
>I don't believe it is necessary to demand assignment of copyright
>before we allow code contributions. The GPL is pretty clear in
>this regard. Section 2 of the GPL states that if you modify a
>GPL'd program the result, if distributed, must be distributed
>under the terms of GPL. If the GPL is a valid license then this
>is all the protection we need in order to continue to use and
>modify and distribute XEmacs.
I agree and said this to RMS. But no reply ....
Stallman maintains that the FSF has been given legal advice stating
that they (the FSF) stand a much better chance to defend the GPL in
court if they are the sole owners of the software.