Re: License text irregularity in gcc/config/mips/linux-unwind.h

2005-02-16 Thread Nix
On 11 Feb 2005, Sam Lauber mused: > As for the exception missing, it should be kept that way. As libgcc is linked against every program linked using the GCC driver, and is required by code generated with GCC, this would make it illegal to distribute any non-GPL software built with GCC. This is

Re: License text irregularity in gcc/config/mips/linux-unwind.h

2005-02-11 Thread Jonathan Wakely
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 04:49:59PM +0100, Sam Lauber wrote: > __Way__ to close to the LGPL. The LGPL in effect, says the > GPL with that kind exception (letting people link this > with there program regardless of whether the license is > GPL-compatible). I think that those exceptions in > `l

Re: License text irregularity in gcc/config/mips/linux-unwind.h

2005-02-11 Thread Sam Lauber
__Way__ to close to the LGPL. The LGPL in effect, says the GPL with that kind exception (letting people link this with there program regardless of whether the license is GPL-compatible). I think that those exceptions in `libgcc' are conflicting with one of the sections of the GPL that preven