From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2586 invoked by alias); 10 Mar 2010 10:20:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 2577 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Mar 2010 10:20:52 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,TBC X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from sibelius.xs4all.nl (HELO glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl) (83.163.83.176) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:20:46 +0000 Received: from glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl (kettenis@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o2AAKRrl010790; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:20:27 +0100 (CET) Received: (from kettenis@localhost) by glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o2AAKQKm000277; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:20:26 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:20:00 -0000 Message-Id: <201003101020.o2AAKQKm000277@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl> From: Mark Kettenis To: jan.kratochvil@redhat.com CC: gdb@sourceware.org, mcepl@redhat.com In-reply-to: <20100310092425.GA3257@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> (message from Jan Kratochvil on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:24:25 +0100) Subject: Re: Licensing: gdb/osf-share/ is GPL-incompatible References: <20100310092425.GA3257@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> 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/msg00062.txt.bz2 > Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:24:25 +0100 > From: Jan Kratochvil > > 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 is not the "obnoxious BSD advertising" clause. The "obnoxious BSD advertising" clause requires you to mention the copyright owner in all advertising materials mentioning the softwate. This copyright notice requires you to do the opposite, i.e. not mention them at all. > This code is GPL-incompatible according to: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OriginalBSD So whether the above is GPL incompatible is a whole different question. I'd say it is perfectly compatible with at least the spirit of the GPL. But since the lawayers got their paws on GPLv3, it turned into completely incomprehensible gibberish and it is hard to tell.