From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15945 invoked by alias); 1 Feb 2007 05:26:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 15936 invoked by uid 22791); 1 Feb 2007 05:26:43 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from Unknown (HELO mail.hofr.at) (194.112.174.227) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:26:38 +0000 Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:26:00 -0000 From: Nicholas Mc Guire To: Robert Dewar cc: Nicholas Mc Guire , Daniel Jacobowitz , veenu khanna , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: GDB Stub & GPL question In-Reply-To: <45C13E66.6040608@adacore.com> Message-ID: References: <256227.64036.qm@web53809.mail.yahoo.com> <20070131150448.GA24917@nevyn.them.org> <45C13E66.6040608@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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: 2007-02/txt/msg00001.txt.bz2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Nicholas Mc Guire wrote: > >> THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT COPYRIGHTED >> >> how does that fit with there being a GPL problem ? - if there really is >> then these headers sould be changed as the expectation is clearly >> different. > > Such a header has no legal significance, so if you want to copy > this code, it is up to you to check that the author has indeed > issued an appropriate license, and/or disclaimed copyright (I > think this is possible in the US, it is not possible in many > European countries as I understand things). > > Also, any answer you get to a legal question about licensing > on this forum has no legal significance (and that includes > this answer). > well I did not post an answer I posted a qutestion of "how does that fit with a GPL problem" - that this list does not need an explicid INAL in every mail is clear to everybody I hope ;) Never the less it would make sense to change these boilerplates if they do not provide any legally relevant information as they do lead to confusion when read by some people (me atleast). hofrat -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFwW27nU7rXZKfY2oRAiqPAJ0enk3P0Qh7HHlzeYBMPvRKVNnM5QCfT519 5MdTIYlsayj2ecLdjkyOZO8= =Fz7X -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----