From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18538 invoked by alias); 9 May 2006 19:35:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 18521 invoked by uid 22791); 9 May 2006 19:35:08 -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; Tue, 09 May 2006 19:35:01 +0000 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1FdXz1-0003ZS-In for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 15:34:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 19:35:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [rfa] License clarification for observer.texi Message-ID: <20060509193459.GA13690@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org References: <20060508210440.GA18323@nevyn.them.org> <20060508221835.GA20262@nevyn.them.org> <20060509040545.GA26150@nevyn.them.org> <20060509190346.GA12535@nevyn.them.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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/msg00178.txt.bz2 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 > > > > 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