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Re:Emacs and Magit by davexunit on Friday July 21, 2017 @09:35AM (#14820381)
>What if the future the FSF (RMS is not eternal) changes its policy to turn to something completely crazy with your code ?

The FSF's copyright assignment contract has clauses that prevent them from doing such things. It's really a very fair contract.

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Re:Emacs and Magit by mikegerwitz on Friday July 21, 2017 @09:38AM (#14820413)
To elaborate: the clause is actually designed precisely to prevent a hostile takeover from another entity; it's an important part of the contract. The clause states the conditions under which your code and program will be made available.
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Re:Emacs and Magit by tangue on Monday July 24, 2017 @05:32AM (#14837011)
Ok this seems more reasonnable than I thought.
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