Re: [PATCH] Cast things properly to handle >2G files.

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>]

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>    The DCO, in contrast, is a paragon of simplicity and clarity, and
>    doesn't ask you to sign away any rights.
> 
> You are misinformed.  The copyright assignments from the FSF explictly
> state that the code will always be free software, and they grant back
> all rights to the code you assigned to them.

Blah. They define the term "free software" too, so that doesn't make any 
difference. They can relicense it any crazy way they want, as shown by the 
whole annoying GPLv3 idiocy. It doesn't matter one whit whether you agree 
with them or not.

And isn't it "nice" of them to not require exclusive ownership? Gag. And 
what a bunch of hypocritical people they are too - because they'll happily 
take code from other people without any copyright assignment what-so-ever 
when they feel like it (case in point: Hurd took drivers and filesystems 
from Linux, and I can pretty much guarantee that they didn't have 
copyright assignments for any of it - but hey, rules are rules only when 
they apply to _other_ people, right?)

And you didn't face the actual issue: the papers the FSF makes you sign 
are _way_ less obvious than the DCO is.

		Linus