From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14546 invoked by alias); 8 May 2006 21:04:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 14531 invoked by uid 22791); 8 May 2006 21:04:45 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nevyn.them.org (HELO nevyn.them.org) (66.93.172.17) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Mon, 08 May 2006 21:04:42 +0000 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1FdCuG-0004mR-FP for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Mon, 08 May 2006 17:04:40 -0400 Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 21:04:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: [rfa] License clarification for observer.texi Message-ID: <20060508210440.GA18323@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i 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: 2006-05/txt/msg00158.txt.bz2 One of two issues that I'd like to resolve before GDB 6.5. This patch adds explicit copyright and license notices to observer.texi, to resolve a problem noted by debian-legal. The file is included directly into the manual, so must be covered by the GFDL. But the header file generated from it by observer.sh (gdb/observer.h in the build tree) has a GPL notice added. The GFDL and GPL are not compatible to this degree. Even the FSF agrees about this - the FDL suggests releasing code fragments under the GPL in parallel to including them in the manual. So, this patch marks observer.texi as distributable under both licenses. Does anyone disapprove of this change? Or, feel sufficiently concerned by it that you would prefer I contact the FSF to confirm? I don't feel that it is necessary, since I am dealing strictly with the FSF's preferred licenses for code and for manuals, and strictly for manual already used as code. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery 2006-05-05 Daniel Jacobowitz * observer.texi: Add a copyright and license notice. Index: gdb/doc/observer.texi =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/observer.texi,v retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -p -r1.10 observer.texi --- gdb/doc/observer.texi 8 Mar 2005 04:34:43 -0000 1.10 +++ gdb/doc/observer.texi 8 May 2006 20:59:32 -0000 @@ -1,4 +1,27 @@ @c -*-texinfo-*- + +@c This file is part of the GDB manual. + +@c Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 +@c Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +@c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document +@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or +@c any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the +@c Invariant Sections being ``Free Software'' and ``Free Software Needs +@c Free Documentation'', with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' +@c and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. + +@c (a) The Free Software Foundation's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have +@c freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies +@c published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU +@c development.'' + +@c Permission is also granted to redistribute and/or modify this file +@c under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +@c the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +@c (at your option) any later version. + @node GDB Observers @appendix @value{GDBN} Currently available observers