X-Git-Url: http://git.sourceforge.jp/view?p=pf3gnuchains%2Fgcc-fork.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.SCO;h=fb2c0f81eae2b3ec0c79eb787e1d0638f701e669;hp=f86b82b689cb110ca1bfa5f1d459eca2d4a8e39a;hb=9e176394a3a4a4b3556824f7a5fbd0ad06565f11;hpb=5d982d498c7f0154fd61f9119805b8c8a705055e 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