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Subject: Re: Precisely why can't official FSF GNAT maintainers copy bug fixes
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"Dan'l Miller" <optikos@verizon.net> writes:
> But the rights to copy have already been irrevocably •assigned• to FSF,

Do you know the terms of the assignment contract?

>> Anyway, when you
> “you” = AdaCore here?

No, "you" = Dan'l Miller, proposing ways to circumvent the Adacore
license by switcheroo'ing it with the FSF license that you like better.

> Remember, wasn't AdaCore the party who removed the FSF's Runtime
> Exception via a script •after• AdaCore irrevocably assigning the
> source code to FSF?

The runtime exception still applies to the version that FSF got.

> So are the official maintainers of FSF GNAT merely expendable pawns in
> the game?  Should someone tell them about their apparent status?

I doubt they are in the dark about anything.  The FSF decided that a
certain maneuver was worthwhile, and the maintainers chose to help the
maneuver along.

> Answering these questions truthfully is quite awkward.

I don't see it.  There's an agreement between Adacore and the FSF that
the rest of us aren't parties to.  If it's working smoothly it's not
awkward.  At worst there could be hypothetical awkwardness if they
started to want differing things.  But they don't seem to want that.