FSF claiming developing a 1-line patch on a GPLv3 version of GNU software forbids backporting to GPLv2 versions: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?30653#comment5 …
If this is actually the FSF's position, the only possible motive is actively taking away the freedom to modify and fix GPLv2 code.
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@RichFelker Remember when they sued Mepis for not mirroring vanilla unmodified tarballs available upstream? http://archive09.linux.com/feature/55285?theme=print … -
@landley@RichFelker "Sued"? Ah, definitely FUD.
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@RichFelker Remember when they declared GPLv2-only a nonfree license on Savannah? https://lwn.net/Articles/176582/ … -
@RichFelker Remember when they replaced last GPLv2 releases of binutils and gdb with GPLv3 code to screw over qemu? http://landley.net/notes-2012.html#11-01-2012 … -
@landley@RichFelker The FSF has always been about freedom of the *code*. It has never been about freedom of *users*. Broken by design.
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