linux-kernel - Re: GPLv3 Position Statement

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Date:	Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:08:17 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>
To:	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...izon.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPLv3 Position Statement

On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 13:59 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> James, I'm most definitely NOT a kernel developer, just a lurker who 
> occasionally exhibits his lack of knowledge with (usually) dumb questions.
> 
> But, while I can't say the above any better than you have, I do have one 
> question:
> 
> Why is the FSF and RMS not included in the Cc: line of all messages on this 
> subject, so they can have first hand, the benefit of the remarks this 
> group makes by reading about them from the first person?  You folks are, 
> as a group, the movers and shakers in the advancement of linux, and would 
> continue to do so without the gnu trying to claim they invented linux, 
> which we all know is a prevarication.

Basically because this is a discussion document, not an open letter.

We had some discussion amongst a small group of kernel developers.  Now
we're opening it up to the linux community---which we can't do without
effectively going public as well.

James


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