I am confused about the FSF contributor license agreement.
As far as I can see the FSF is required to release their code under a version the GPL, but the FSF is also the author of the GPL. Would it be possible for the FSF to change the GPL into a non-free license and start releasing the GNU-code as non-free code? How does this situation differ from Canonical?
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Playing devils advocate
Date: 2014-01-21 08:38 am (UTC)As far as I can see the FSF is required to release their code under a version the GPL, but the FSF is also the author of the GPL. Would it be possible for the FSF to change the GPL into a non-free license and start releasing the GNU-code as non-free code? How does this situation differ from Canonical?