From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30589 invoked by alias); 2 Mar 2006 15:31:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 30533 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Mar 2006 15:31:26 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from web51109.mail.yahoo.com (HELO web51109.mail.yahoo.com) (206.190.39.130) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with SMTP; Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:31:24 +0000 Received: (qmail 51253 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Mar 2006 15:31:23 -0000 Message-ID: <20060302153123.51251.qmail@web51109.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [217.37.158.157] by web51109.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 02 Mar 2006 07:31:23 PST Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:31:00 -0000 From: "D.J. Barrow" Reply-To: dj_barrow@ariasoft.ie Subject: RE: how to get uptodate vxworks gdb source code To: Dave Korn , gdb@sourceware.org In-Reply-To: <036201c63dff$45f33780$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-03/txt/msg00019.txt.bz2 Hi Dave, >From my understanding of GPL they have to make the sources freely available to everyone, the licence is supposed to be infectious Gnu wouldn't neuter this licence. The latest gdb available on their website which they is gdb-5.3 for tornado-2.2. --- Dave Korn wrote: > On 02 March 2006 12:00, D.J. Barrow wrote: > > > This is the reply I got from Windriver support > > you need License / Code Number to get their sources. > > > Yes, of course. The GPL obliges anyone who distributes binaries of a GPL'd > program to supply (or offer to supply) the sources of those binaries, but > they're only obliged to do so to those same people who they have shipped > binaries to. So if you don't have a fully licensed VxWorks development setup, > they won't have sent you their toolchain, and won't be under any obligation to > give you binaries; i.e. they are only obliged to give sources to the customers > who have bought their binaries. If you haven't been given a binary version of > the toolchain by them, they aren't obliged to you in any way. > > And like Steven said, if you want to discuss it in greater depth, approach > the FSF directly, or discuss it on the lists at > http://gpl-violations.org/ > > cheers, > DaveK > -- > Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... > > D.J. Barrow Linux kernel developer eMail: dj_barrow@ariasoft.ie Home: +353-22-47196. Mobile (IRL) +353-(0)86 1715438 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com