From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24245 invoked by alias); 10 Mar 2010 14:24:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 24235 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Mar 2010 14:24:23 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS 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 14:24:18 +0000 Received: from int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o2AENs2w022866 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:23:55 -0500 Received: from host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o2AENoBn027249 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:23:53 -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 o2AENofU019804; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:23:50 +0100 Received: (from jkratoch@localhost) by host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o2AENnmf019803; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:23:49 +0100 Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:24:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Joel Brobecker Cc: Mark Kettenis , gdb@sourceware.org, mcepl@redhat.com Subject: Re: Licensing: gdb/osf-share/ is GPL-incompatible Message-ID: <20100310142349.GA19579@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> References: <20100310092425.GA3257@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <201003101020.o2AAKQKm000277@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <20100310105319.GN15364@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100310105319.GN15364@adacore.com> 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/msg00066.txt.bz2 On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:53:19 +0100, Joel Brobecker wrote: > > > 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. I misinterpreted it wrongly catching some words there, sorry. This misintepretation I did myself, not Matej Cepl. It looks now to me as the license type like: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/BSD#3ClauseBSD Which is claimed to be GPLv3 compatible at: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses > 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... Forwarded to when it got discussed but guessing now it is OK. Sorry, Jan