> >> (Minor quibble) As copyright owner of GCC, the FSF is not bound by the > >> conditions of the licence it grants in the same way as licencees are > >> bound. So I don't think this provision in itself would mandate that > >> those who have copyright assignments to the FSF record their changes. > > > > I was hoping nobody would notice that. ;-) > > > Actually I think this is wrong, the FSF holds the copyright by virtue of > a copyright assignment which contains the guarantee that the software > will be distributed under the GPL (at least that's my recollection of the > assignment document).
That part's true, but the cited part of the GPL applies only to somebody who makes a *modification* to the work of the copyright holder and redistributes that work. Such a condition doesn't apply to the FSF, who *is* the copyright holder.
