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Re: Switching to the Lesser GPL
- To: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
- Subject: Re: Switching to the Lesser GPL
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 19:11:23 +1100
- CC: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <39AC66CE.97B04D5F@apple.com>
Stan Shebs wrote:
> mmalloc is straightforward; the only consideration might be
> whether we ought to convert it to GPL, much as readline has
> been switched from LGPL to GPL (go to gnu.org licensing pages
> for the whole story).
Done deal. I've personally no opinion on what the licence should be
changed to. If the trend is GPL then, it can follow.
> libiberty seems like it should stay LGPL; the main trick here
> is to coordinate with GCC, since all the "GNU Library..." strings
> in source files change to "GNU Lesser...", thus most files will
> be touched.
Co-ordinate or pass the buck? :-) I think the group that should decide
LIBIBERTY's licence is BINUTILS/BFD. It will affect them the most.
However, I suspect that they would appreciate any help in walking any
changes through the GCC source tree (which contains much of the official
libiberty) and thence to binutils/gdb.
> sim/ppc is entirely GPL, except for one little file words.h.
> If Andrew is agreeable, I suggest making it GPL too, and dropping
> the LGPL from that dir entirely.
FYI, I started out having PSIM LGPL but then changed my mind. It would
appear that I never got around to fixing words.h. It can be changed.
Andrew