f...@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler) writes:

> Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>
>> [...]  Earlier Bradley Kuhn had indicated that this would be covered
>> in the updated FAQ, but I don't really see it there.  I sent him a
>> separate message asking him to update it.
>
> Joe Buck wrote:
>
>> [...] Since the FSF is the copyright owner, even if your reading is
>> held by someone to be correct, then the FSF's FAQ would count as an
>> additional permission. [...]
>
>
> Is anyone else uncomfortable that an important license is to
> require clarification by a separately updated, possibly
> contradictory FAQ?

While that can be troubling, I think it's OK in this specific case.  I
personally never read the license the way Joern did.  So I think it
really is a matter of clarification, rather than changing terms.

Ian

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