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Re: The copyright issue


From: Uday S Reddy
Subject: Re: The copyright issue
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 21:31:22 +0100

address@hidden writes:

> The copyright issue is not about freedom, but about control.  The FSF
> has sensibly decided not to accept contributions it does not own, lest
> the owner attempt to revoke permission to use them at a later date.

Permission?  For what?

GPL software can be freely copied, modified, and redistributed.  There
is no way to restrain anybody from doing it.  So, I am not sure what
permission you are thinking of.

Cheers,
Uday



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