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Re: Fw: Applying CRX port to Newlib project
- From: Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn at redhat dot com>
- To: Tomer Levi <Tomer dot Levi at nsc dot com>
- Cc: Ralf Corsepius <ralf_corsepius at rtems dot org>, Newlib List <newlib at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:49:18 -0400
- Subject: Re: Fw: Applying CRX port to Newlib project
- References: <OF0CE3201D.1B6CEB98-ONC1256F1F.00307116-C1256F1F.003159C2@nsc.com>
Tomer Levi wrote:
Hi Ralf,
If you look at other architectures, such as iq2000 or i960, you will
notice that all their files doesn't contain a copyright nor licensing.
So, can you explain the status of these ports ?
These are written by Cygnus which is now Red Hat. If you look at the end of
COPYING.NEWLIB, you will see that:
====================================================================
Unless otherwise stated in each remaining newlib file, the remaining
files in the newlib subdirectory default to the following copyright.
It should be noted that Red Hat Incorporated now owns copyrights
belonging to Cygnus Solutions and Cygnus Support.
.....
====================================================================
Seeing as we didn't write your new files - this clause shouldn't trigger in this
case.
-- Jeff J.
I just thought to adapt
this solution to CRX port.
If this is not acceptable by you, i can add licensing message in the same
format as in
other ports files ("The authors hereby grant permission to use...").
If one of these options is preferable, please respond quickly and i will
send a new patch.
Thanks for your guidance.
Regards,
Tomer Levi
Software Engineer phone:
+49-8141-35-1378
CompactRISC Development Tools fax: +49-8141-35-11-1378
National Semiconductor GmbH mailto:Tomer.Levi@nsc.com
Livry-Gargan Str. 10 internet:
http://www.national.com
82256 Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany
"Ralf Corsepius" <ralf_corsepius@rtems.org>
Sent by: newlib-owner@sources.redhat.com
09/30/2004 10:14 AM
To: "Newlib List" <newlib@sources.redhat.com>
cc:
Subject: Re: Applying CRX port to Newlib project
On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 11:18, Tomer Levi wrote:
Hi Jeff,
Jeff Johnston wrote :
Jeff Johnston wrote :
1. You have no licensing in your files, just a copyright.
You should talk to your employer to see what is acceptable.
Newlib prefers BSD-compatible or freer. GPL or proprietary code
is
not accepted.
Is it agreeable to remove all 'National Semiconductor Corporation'
copyright from headers of CRX files, as a solution for this legal issue
?
You seem to be mixing up copyright with license. These are different
things.
* A copyright notice denotes a party claiming "mental ownership" on
something ("Copyright NSC" means: "We, NSC are the original authors").
* A license denotes the rights the copyright owner gives away to others.
Some (many) of your files don't carry license terms, so it is not
obvious and clear, if newlib and newlib's users are legitimated to use
and modify these files.
Ralf