From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hiro Sugawara To: "'Grant Edwards'" , Kevin Buettner Cc: Hiro Sugawara , gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: RE: dump memory to file Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 11:01:00 -0000 Message-id: X-SW-Source: 2001-08/msg00189.html Ah, our understanding of GPL was, "Okay, my change is now a part of GDB. We are happy to give the source code to you at a nominal cost if you purchase our binary. And you are free to use, modify, and/or redistribute the source code, but we are not mandated to give away the source for free to the general public." I think the LynxOS license package already includes all the GPL sources or LynuxWorks offers source CDs to its customers. But I am no longer with them and do not know for sure... hiro > -----Original Message----- > From: Grant Edwards [ mailto:grante@visi.com ] > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:54 > To: Kevin Buettner > Cc: Hiro Sugawara; gdb@sources.redhat.com > Subject: Re: dump memory to file > > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 10:43:42AM -0700, Kevin Buettner wrote: > > > > Since gdb is GPL'd, and LynuxWorks is distributing the LynxOS > > > version of gdb, then the sources must be available, right? > > > > Right. > > > > However, for such a change to be incorporated into GDB, the > > author(s) of the change must have a copyright assignment in > > place with the FSF. Sometimes it quite challenging to make sure > > that all of the legal documents are signed by the right > > people... > > OK, let me see if I've got this: LynuxWorks can't not > distribute the changes, and they can't prevent anybody else > from distributing them, but the changes won't be incorporated > into the official sources without a copyright assignment. > > I just went through the whole copyright assignment thing with > my employer so I could donate some stuff to eCos. It took > years and cost thousands of lives. > > Well... it did take almost a year. > > Unless LynuxWorks is already set up to do stuff like that, it > would be easier for me to just impliment it on my own. I > suppose it won't hurt to ask them -- I'm pretty sure I've got a > business card from that Embedded Systems Conference... > > -- > Grant Edwards > grante@visi.com >