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Re: libsim licensing (and bfd by extension)
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org, binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 23:12:28 -0400
- Subject: Re: libsim licensing (and bfd by extension)
- References: <201005041952.22036.vapier@gentoo.org>
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 07:52:14PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> does this have any chance of happening ? or should i just say screw it and
> post a toplevel sim/COPYING patch ;).
Pretty much, no. The FSF is always very resistant to a GPL -> LGPL
switch and you haven't given any reason that would fit the FSF's
goals. Also bits of sim are copyright others besides the FSF.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery