From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19149 invoked by alias); 10 Mar 2010 10:53:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 19140 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Mar 2010 10:53:46 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:53:39 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D4972BABA3; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:53:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id e8VQFiai82q8; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:53:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 938E82BAB8B; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:53:37 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F420EF5894; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:53:19 +0400 (RET) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:53:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Mark Kettenis Cc: jan.kratochvil@redhat.com, gdb@sourceware.org, mcepl@redhat.com Subject: Re: Licensing: gdb/osf-share/ is GPL-incompatible Message-ID: <20100310105319.GN15364@adacore.com> References: <20100310092425.GA3257@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <201003101020.o2AAKQKm000277@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201003101020.o2AAKQKm000277@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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/msg00063.txt.bz2 > > 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. If we need confirmation, it's easy to contact the FSF lawyers and ask. The last time I asked, they were actually glad that we're trying to be careful about legal issues... -- Joel