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| author | Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> | 2004-11-01 02:19:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Mark Mitchell <mmitchel@gcc.gnu.org> | 2004-11-01 02:19:48 +0000 |
| commit | db1de71358df247a01e1da358204155d23e3d08a (patch) | |
| tree | ce2d2b948ceabdfc4f8b5e13ccf5cc5e6028d283 /README.SCO | |
| parent | 35936b935916ac97171ad2f05edb39aa2c728bda (diff) | |
* README.SCO: Update per FSF instructions.
From-SVN: r89931
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diff --git a/README.SCO b/README.SCO index f86b82b689c..fb2c0f81eae 100644 --- a/README.SCO +++ b/README.SCO @@ -1,27 +1,9 @@ -As all users of GCC will know, SCO has recently made claims concerning -alleged copyright infringement by recent versions of the operating -system kernel called Linux. SCO has made irresponsible public -statements about this supposed copyright infringement without -releasing any evidence of the infringement, and has demanded that -users of Linux, the kernel most often used with the GNU system, pay -for a license. This license is incompatible with the GPL, and in the -opinion of the Free Software Foundation such a demand unquestionably -violates the GNU General Public License under which the kernel is -distributed. +The GCC team has been urged to drop support for SCO Unix from GCC, as +a protest against SCO's irresponsible aggression against free software +and GNU/Linux. We have decided to take no action at this time, as we +no longer believe that SCO is a serious threat. -We have been urged to drop support for SCO Unix from this release of -GCC, as a protest against this irresponsible aggression against free -software and GNU/Linux. However, the direct effect of this action -would fall on users of GCC rather than on SCO. For the moment, we -have decided not to take that action. The Free Software Foundation's -overriding goal is to protect the freedom of the free software -community, including developers and users, but we also want to serve -users. Protecting the community from an attack sometimes requires -steps that will inconvenience some in the community. Such a step is -not yet necessary, in our view, but we cannot indefinitely continue to -ignore the aggression against our community taken by a party that has -long profited from the commercial distribution of our programs. We -urge users of SCO Unix to make clear to SCO their disapproval of the -company's aggression against the free software community. We will -have a further announcement concerning continuing support of SCO Unix -by GCC before our next release. +For more on the FSF's position regarding SCO's attacks on free +software, please read: + + http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/sco/sco.html |