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kevin_thibedeau
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It Matters Who Owns Your Copylefted Copyrights (20...
So it's okay if the FSF does it but not anybody else?
tmtvl
on Jan 5, 2025
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The FSF is the only entity I'd trust with a CLA. Considering they're the stewards of the GPL, if they went evil everything would be FUBAR anyway. So I'd say yeah, the FSF doing it is fine.
kstrauser
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Yep. I signed their CLA way back when under that same logic. I absolutely would not sign a CLA from anyone else.
bluGill
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Stallman is old. Who will take over when he dies? What when thos people die? Sure you trust them today but do you trust them in 50 years?
tmtvl
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Friendly reminder that Geoffrey Knauth, not RMS, is the president of the FSF.
bluGill
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Which makes my point.
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