From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17106 invoked by alias); 10 Mar 2010 09:24:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 17091 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Mar 2010 09:24:36 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,TBC X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:24:32 +0000 Received: from int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.18]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o2A9OTEq029309 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:24:29 -0500 Received: from host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o2A9OQiP002834 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:24:28 -0500 Received: from host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o2A9OQ6j003648; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:24:26 +0100 Received: (from jkratoch@localhost) by host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o2A9OPi4003647; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:24:25 +0100 Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:24:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: gdb@sourceware.org Cc: Matej Cepl Subject: Licensing: gdb/osf-share/ is GPL-incompatible Message-ID: <20100310092425.GA3257@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-03/txt/msg00061.txt.bz2 Hi, Matej Cepl has found gdb/osf-share/ contains "BSD with advertising" license: /* * (c) Copyright 1990-1996 OPEN SOFTWARE FOUNDATION, INC. * (c) Copyright 1990-1996 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY * (c) Copyright 1990-1996 DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION * (c) Copyright 1991, 1992 Siemens-Nixdorf Information Systems * To anyone who acknowledges that this file is provided "AS IS" without * any express or implied warranty: permission to use, copy, modify, and * distribute this file for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, * provided that the above copyright notices and this notice appears in * all source code copies, and that none of the names listed above be used * in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software * without specific, written prior permission. None of these organizations * makes any representations about the suitability of this software for * any purpose. */ This code is GPL-incompatible according to: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OriginalBSD Therefore gdb/+bfd/ etc. should contain an exception for its GPLv3+: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs Found this gdb/osf-share code is referenced only by: gdb/Makefile.in: hpux-thread.o: $(srcdir)/hpux-thread.c $(COMPILE) -I$(srcdir)/osf-share -I$(srcdir)/osf-share/HP800 \ -I/usr/include/dce $(srcdir)/hpux-thread.c $(POSTCOMPILE) Or do I miss something obvious? IANAL (Matej Cepl is). Thanks, Jan