From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31083 invoked by alias); 21 Apr 2009 14:04:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 30224 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Apr 2009 14:03:57 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,J_CHICKENPOX_22 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from dragon3.automation.siemens.com (HELO dragon3.automation.siemens.com) (194.138.39.158) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:03:51 +0000 Received: from erld604x.erlf.siemens.de (erld604x.erlf.siemens.de [194.138.228.204]) by dragon3.automation.siemens.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B700219F45 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:03:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from DEERLF0AX5.ww004.siemens.net (deerlf0ax5.ww004.siemens.net [157.163.247.173]) by erld604x.erlf.siemens.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7D5464372 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:03:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from DEERLF0CX5.ww004.siemens.net ([157.163.248.76]) by DEERLF0AX5.ww004.siemens.net ([157.163.247.173]) with mapi; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:03:47 +0200 From: "Volkmann, Patrick" To: "'gdb@sourceware.org'" Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:12:00 -0000 Subject: GDB 6.8 - license terms Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 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: 2009-04/txt/msg00170.txt.bz2 Hi, =20 i would appreciate your help with the following issue: =20 The file "README" in the GDB 6.8 root contains the following phrase (line 4= 2): "...See the file COPYING or COPYING.LIB in the various directories, for a description of the GNU General Public License terms under which you can copy the files..." =20 Now we detected in the source code GPL v2 and GPL v3 license terms=20 (e.g in the root, \gdb-6.8\COPYING and \gdb-6.8\COPYING3) =20 But some subfolders only contain the GPL v2 license=20 (e.g. \gdb-6.8\bfd\COPYING, \gdb-6.8\gdb\COPYING, ... ) =20 Because of the incompatibility between GPLv3 and GPLv2,=20 we are not sure if we can consider the whole component as licensed under th= e terms of GPL v3. =20 Can you please help me with this issue? =20 THX in advance With best regards, Patrick Volkmann=20 Siemens AG=20 Industry Sector Industry Automation Division Advanced Technologies & Standards=20 I IA&DT ATS 13=20 Gleiwitzer Str. 555=20 90475 Nuremberg, Germany=20 Tel.: +49 (911) 895-3821=20 mailto:patrick.volkmann@siemens.com=20 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft: Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Gerhard Crom= me; Managing Board: Peter Loescher, Chairman, President and Chief Executive= Officer; Wolfgang Dehen, Heinrich Hiesinger, Joe Kaeser, Barbara Kux, Herm= ann Requardt, Siegfried Russwurm, Peter Y. Solmssen; Registered offices: Be= rlin and Munich, Germany; Commercial registries: Berlin Charlottenburg, HRB= 12300, Munich, HRB 6684; WEEE-Reg.-No. DE 23691322=20