From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23641 invoked by alias); 25 Apr 2006 14:13:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 23626 invoked by uid 22791); 25 Apr 2006 14:13:24 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:13:23 +0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k3PEDL8t018752; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:13:21 -0400 Received: from post-office.corp.redhat.com (post-office.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.227]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k3PEDL0e008045; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:13:21 -0400 Received: from greed.delorie.com (dj.cipe.redhat.com [10.0.0.222]) by post-office.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k3PEDI527277; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:13:18 -0400 Received: from greed.delorie.com (greed.delorie.com [127.0.0.1]) by greed.delorie.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k3PEDCO4021572; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:13:12 -0400 Received: (from dj@localhost) by greed.delorie.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k3PED3F6021568; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:13:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:13:00 -0000 Message-Id: <200604251413.k3PED3F6021568@greed.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: eliz@gnu.org CC: thomas@kuehne.cn, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com, jimb@red-bean.com In-reply-to: (message from Eli Zaretskii on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:35:28 +0300) Subject: Re: D Symbol Demangling References: <44462A40.1040004@kuehne.cn> <20060420132004.GB11710@nevyn.them.org> <44495B98.7010407@kuehne.cn> <444AC160.4070808@kuehne.cn> <8f2776cb0604241021xbf7e2djca7cd6a25057d8a3@mail.gmail.com> <44462A40.1040004@kuehne.cn> <20060420132004.GB11710@nevyn.them.org> <44495B98.7010407@kuehne.cn> <20060424205328.GB27220@nevyn.them.org> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-04/txt/msg00336.txt.bz2 > Perhaps DJ could help with advice: the DJGPP project's license is > the GPL with an exception, so DJ probably already ``been there, done > that''. The rules are as follows: The author of the new file may choose one or more licenses when it's contributed. Ideally, the author would choose the GPL+exception, or whatever is most desirable for where they're contributing it to. To change the license *after* it's contributed, requires the FSF to agree to the change (as they're now the de facto copyright holders). The FSF prefers the GPL when possible, however, files which would be parts of libraries which implement standards (such as libstdc++-v3) really can't be just GPL because you wouldn't be able to use gcc to compile a conforming program without that program being GPL'd. Non-standard libraries are a different story, of course. Note that the exception the FSF usually permits is not the "independent module" one, but the "built with gcc" one. They are not particularly interested in promoting other vendors' compilers. The special exception noted in the "portage" snippet is really no different than the LGPL, only it's even weaker. Even *I* wouldn't recommend that one for FSF contributions, although it's very similar to DJGPP's license. Note: DJGPP's library license is: pre-built libraries I distribute are free to use for proprietary applications, sources I distribute (and thus rebuilt libraries) are strictly LGPL. We normally make exceptions for re-built libraries where the patches are submitted back to the DJGPP project; the goal is to never have a library out there that you can't rebuild *somehow*.