On Apr 5, 2006, at 5:57 AM, Colm O' Flaherty wrote:
Theres an interesting discussion going on as to whether Microchip
Inc is allowed by the GPL
Wrong list. gnu.misc.discuss is the right list.
On 05 April 2006 16:41, Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> * Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060405 16:19]:
>> However if Microchip have written their own entirely new linker scripts,
>> they hold the copyright and may license them however they please.
>
> Unless they are used to compile the derivative o
* Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060405 16:19]:
> However if Microchip have written their own entirely new linker scripts,
> they hold the copyright and may license them however they please.
Unless they are used to compile the derivative of gcc. If they are they are
most likely "scripts used to
On 05 April 2006 13:57, Colm O' Flaherty wrote:
Addressing specifically the questions in that post you linked to:
>
> http://www.linuxhacker.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi/1
>
It is a clear case of "mere aggregation". Putting two things into a zip
file or tarball together does not suddenly turn
On 05 April 2006 13:57, Colm O' Flaherty wrote:
> Theres an interesting discussion going on as to whether Microchip Inc is
> allowed by the GPL to licence linker scripts and some other scripts (their
> code, not based on a GPL'ed code) when these scripts are all distributed as
> part of the MPLAB
