From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31667 invoked by alias); 18 Dec 2009 17:43:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 31650 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Dec 2009 17:43:10 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS,WEIRD_PORT X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail.codesourcery.com (HELO mail.codesourcery.com) (38.113.113.100) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:43:05 +0000 Received: (qmail 22206 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2009 17:43:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO orlando) (pedro@127.0.0.2) by mail.codesourcery.com with ESMTPA; 18 Dec 2009 17:43:03 -0000 From: Pedro Alves To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFC] what should we do about COPYING? Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:43:00 -0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 Cc: Michael Snyder , Joel Brobecker References: <20091218073249.GC2788@adacore.com> <4B2BBD07.2020408@vmware.com> In-Reply-To: <4B2BBD07.2020408@vmware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200912181743.02168.pedro@codesourcery.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-12/txt/msg00258.txt.bz2 On Friday 18 December 2009 17:33:59, Michael Snyder wrote: > Joel Brobecker wrote: > > Michael Snyder pointed out that gdb/COPYING contains the GPLv2, > > whereas GDB is now under GPLv3. I was simply going to replace the > > contents of COPYING with the GPLv3, except that I noticed an > > inconsistent resolution depending on the project. For instance: > > > > - In the root directory, we have COPYING (v2) and COPYING3 (v3); > > - In bfd, we have COPYING that contains the GPL v3. > > > > I personally do not see the point of keeping the GPL v2 around, > > and thus suggest that we replace the contents COPYING rather than > > adding an extra file named COPYING3. Note that we have a couple > > of extra copies in the sim directory as well. > > > > I agree. v2 COPYING should just go. Note that there is code in sim that is v2 or later, copyrighted Andrew Cagney, not FSF. Also, in gdb/ it appears some new gplv2 or later files have crept in: >grep "version 2 of" * -rn ChangeLog-2003:15347: again by default on systems with version 2 of the GNU C library. configure:1605: systems with version 2 of the GNU C library (use configure.ac:928: AS_HELP_STRING([--without-included-regex], [don't use included regex; this is the default on systems with version 2 of the GNU C library (use with caution on other system)]), COPYING:299: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or darwin-nat-info.c:11: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or doc/Makefile.in:9:# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or doc/gpl.texi:359:the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or doc/observer.texi:14:@c Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) features/Makefile:7:# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or regformats/regdat.sh:103: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or solib-spu.c:10: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or spu-multiarch.c:10: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or testsuite/gdb.ada/gnat_ada.gpr:5:-- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or testsuite/gdb.java/jprint.java:13:// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or testsuite/gdb.base/source-error.gdb:7:# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or testsuite/gdb.base/gcore-buffer-overflow.c:7: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at testsuite/gdb.base/gcore-buffer-overflow.exp:5:# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or testsuite/gdb.base/watch_thread_num.c:7: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-async.exp:5:# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or testsuite/gdb.modula2/unbounded-array.exp:5:# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or testsuite/gdb.modula2/unbounded1.c:7: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or What's the story behind gpl.texi? -- Pedro Alves