Re: Patch to provide m68k simulator to gdb

Andrew Cagney
2001-02-28T08:02:00Z

"J.T. Conklin" wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Will" == Will Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com> writes:
> Will> DJ Delorie and I have integrated the m68k emulator from the Un*x
> Will> Amiga Emulator (UAE) with gdb. UAE is GPL'ed software. The
> Will> ChangeLog entries and patch file are attached to this mail. I
> Will> would like to get this incorporated into gdb. Other people
> Will> might find this patch useful.
>
> Cool. I've wanted a simulator for the m68k family for some time.
>
> Some issues:
>
> * You say that UAE is GPL'd (and the UAE webpage also states this),
> but there is nothing in the source files that indicate this. The
> files have the copyright statements of individual persons with no
> redistribution or licencing info. I personally am very hesitant
> to integrate such code as is.

Ah yes. Over the years, there have been many proposals to integrate an
m68k simulator into the sim source tree only in the past they ended up
tripping up on the GPL. Sigh. Hopefully this one can finally be
integrated.

While the copyright doesn't need to be transfered to the FSF the source
code does need a very clear copyright status. If someone contributed a
significant change then that copyright would need to have clearly been
transfered.

As a an example PSIM is (C) me. The contents of one file are (C) IBM.
The ditribution of that file has been approved - I have bits of paper to
prove it :-)

Andrew