From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [rfa] License clarification for observer.texi
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 19:35:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060509193459.GA13690@nevyn.them.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <u64kf9eu4.fsf@gnu.org>
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 10:29:39PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 15:03:46 -0400
> > From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> >
> > Maybe this is "letter" rather than "spirit".
>
> Yes, it is. This text simply tries to define the meaning of ``source
> code'', so as to prevent a situation where what is distributed is
> incomplete and doesn't allow one to modify and rebuild.
>
> But there's nothing wrong, AFAIU, in distributing a derived file. We
> already do that, e.g., with Makefile.in that is produced from
> Makefile.am.
You're right. As long as you also distribute Makefile.am, it's fine.
So this is not your problem at all, but solely mine (that I'm trying
to solve) - it's a problem if I can't distribute observers.texi.
Anyway, digression over. I will consult with the FSF, once I figure
out what to ask them. Thanks for the feedback.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-09 19:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-08 21:04 Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-05-08 21:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-08 22:18 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-05-09 3:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-09 4:06 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-05-09 18:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-09 19:03 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-05-09 19:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-09 19:35 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
2006-05-09 12:59 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-05-09 19:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-09 19:27 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-05-09 20:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-09 20:34 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-05-10 3:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-10 3:52 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-05-10 17:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-09 20:50 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-05-10 14:59 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-05-10 18:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-10 18:49 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
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