Re: [PATCH v6 01/11] DIGEST: LICENSING

[Ulf Samuelsson <binutils@emagii.com>]

On 2023-03-01 16:04, Nick Clifton wrote:
> Hi Ulf,
>
>> diff --git a/COPYING-MIT.SUNSHINE b/COPYING-MIT.SUNSHINE
>
> Why is the file called COPYING-MIT.SUNSHINE ?
> (This is mainly curiosity, plus a check to make sure that the
> name is correct).

The license comes from:

http://www.sunshine2k.de/

and I did not modify it.

Maybe it should be named COPYING.www.sunshine2k.de

Should I have a comment on top of the file and enclose
the real license inside?

comment

=====

<contents of license file>

=====


>
>
>> +All content of this website is released under the MIT license as 
>> follows:
>
> What website ?

http://www.sunshine2k.de/


>
> I think that you need to change this line and instead indicate exactly 
> what
> code & documentation is covered by this license.
>
>
>> +The GNU linker contains CRC routines that are used to implement the
>> +DIGEST CRC32/64 commands in the output section.
>
> There are two GNU linkers - ld (aka ld.bfd) and gold (aka ld.gold).  
> Since
> you are not patching gold I would suggest moving the COPYING.LIBRC 
> file into
> the ld/ sub-dirctory.  Or submitting patches for gold as well as ld 
> ... :-)
>
I never used the ld.gold linker.

What is this doing?

> Cheers
>   Nick
>