Re: Regarding copyright assignment to FSF

[Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide]

Michael Banck <mbanck@gmx.net> writes:

> I don't mind that, but I also think the Hurd is not a tactical FSF asset
> anymore that needs to be kept under tight control. The FSF has enough
> copyright in the Hurd that it can enforce it whenever it likes, even if
> other people's copyrighted code (as is already the case with the pfinet

I wouldn’t be so sure about that.

1. Without copyright assignment of all code involved, enforcement
   becomes much harder.
2. The Hurt still provides capabilities other OS’es don’t — while
   maintaining POSIX compatibility. We’ve seen audacity basically
   being taken over by a company in the past months, so the danger of
   losing Hurd to proprietarization rather got bigger than smaller.

Best wishes,
Arne
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