Zajímavý je pak asi i důvod, proč to začalo vadit tak najednou:
This I have done after it has been brought to my attention by the OSADL's GPL-violations project that the license for the softfloat library is incompatible with GPLv2. This is because the FSF have ruled that indemnification clauses consitute an "additional restriction" which is incompatible with the GPLv2 section 6. NWFPE contains the softfloat library, and VFP's emulation code is a derivative of softfloat.
Tj. licence knihovny softfloat není ve shodě s GPLv2 v tom, že obsahuje klauzuli o "odškodnění", na které autor trvá, a na to Russel přišel až teď.