From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Lance Taylor To: anorland@acc.umu.se Cc: binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: QNX Neutrino (new targets, GPL) Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 13:12:00 -0000 Message-id: <20000705201217.7643.qmail@daffy.airs.com> References: X-SW-Source: 2000-07/msg00059.html Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 13:14:34 +0200 (MET_DST) From: Anders Norlander I contacted QNX about their tools since it would be dumb to duplicate the effort of porting the tools (and they probably have some knowledge that I don't). But QNX refuses to publish the source code for the modified tools. They claim it will eventually be available by CVS and that in the meantime the sources have been put in the hands of the FSF. I don't know if that is true, but I do know that they are intentionally violating the GPL. They are aware of the implications of the GPL and they have been distributing binutils and GCC binaries for a long time, without any source code. When I look at the QNX web site, I see this: QNX Software Systems is committed to providing the source code for all GNU utilities (and other software subject to the GPL) which it distributes. Such utilities include awk, rcs, gmake, gzip, and sed. If you can't find the GNU source code you are looking for under the free software area, please contact freesoft@qnx.com and we will make a copy available. This is on http://www.qnx.com/cgi-bin/dir_find.cgi?/usr/free/ If you have downloaded a binary compiled from GNU code from QNX, and they will not provide the source code, then they are violating the GPL. You implied that you did that, but you didn't explicitly state it. Can you confirm that you have done that? Which binary was it, and how did you download it? Ian