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twitter.com/amszmidt/statu FSF folks think people assigning copyright to the FSF means they did the work. Maybe GCC should go back to being called EGCS.

The standard "I made this" meme.

Developer is talking to Richard and hands over and awesome magical widget.
"I made this", the developer says proudly.
"You made this?", asks Richard inquisitively.
The developer leaves. Richard stares at the wondrous widget and frowns, confidence shaken.
Richard's frown fades away and he tells himself "I made this", fully believing it to be true. He smiles.

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Alfred M. Szmidt

@amszmidt

Jun 1, 2021

Replying to @rodgertq and @gnutools

We do, the GNU Project maintains GCC. Your free to fork.

Daniel Micay

@DanielMicay

Jun 1, 2021

twitter.com/amszmidt/statu The official GCC policy is available at gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/. Copyright assignment to the FSF is no longer required to contribute to GCC. Emails you sent myself and many others via GCC mailing list won't change that and neither will the replies here.

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Alfred M. Szmidt

@amszmidt

Jun 1, 2021

Replying to @DanielMicay

"places attacking people for not wanting to assign copyright to FSF." -- I never said any such thing, the GNU project / FSF require copyright assignments for GCC. Simple as that. If you do not want to assign copyright then the change cannot be incorporated.

Daniel Micay

@DanielMicay

Jun 1, 2021

The GNU/person who sent us all 3 useless emails via the GCC mailing list, posted assorted replies here calling GCC developers IBM shills and posted the same thing in response to me multiple times calls me a spammer for reusing my response to their own copy-pasted response. Huh?

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(sending from a gnu.org email) "I'm not affiliated with the FSF!" yeah sure buddy nobody believes you

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I checked who they were before posting. Look up Alfred M. Szmidt. I don't know why they're suddenly claiming they aren't associated with the FSF. twitter.com/amszmidt/statu I never said or implied that they work for the FSF as an employee. They're just playing manipulative games.

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Alfred M. Szmidt

@amszmidt

Mar 23, 2021

Replying to @RichFelker

That’s what you are advocating for — burning all that we, the FSF and the GNU project and the whole free software movement have worked for because you disagree with someone.

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"we, the FSF and the GNU project" Their words, not mine. FSF site lists them as being officially recognized as having certain roles too. I never said they worked for the FSF. I didn't even say they were "associated" with them as they said in their reply. I said "FSF folks".

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Three disjoint groups. So your also a stalker?

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I confirmed that you were officially involved with the GNU and FSF before making my quote reply tweet. You are not some rando. You claim to not be associated with the FSF but write code for them in a formal way with copyright assignment. What you're claiming makes little sense.

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Again, I am not involved with the FSF in any shape or form. You really are having a hard time with understanding that….

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You write code for them. You're associated with the FSF. I wouldn't have done a quote reply if you were not going calling active GCC developers shills and taking credit for their work. I couldn't resist posting that comic. You folks have spent years bothering me at least weekly.

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