Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- Linus' gang: "abandon the current GPLv3 process before it becomes too late"

[Alexander Terekhov]

"Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote:
> 
> The FSF is the exclusive, and soul copyright holder of all parts in
> GCC.  They can choose to do whatever they want with IBM's code, they
> are the copyright holders of said code, not IBM.

Hey dak, call 911 for comrade ams.

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regards,
alexander.