From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5725 invoked by alias); 19 Aug 2014 20:28:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 5714 invoked by uid 89); 19 Aug 2014 20:28:24 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-qg0-f46.google.com Received: from mail-qg0-f46.google.com (HELO mail-qg0-f46.google.com) (209.85.192.46) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 20:28:23 +0000 Received: by mail-qg0-f46.google.com with SMTP id z60so2913974qgd.33 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:28:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.19.201 with SMTP id 67mr66837724qgh.28.1408480094342; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:28:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.113.195 with HTTP; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:27:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <53F37A9A.3040802@redhat.com> References: <53F37A9A.3040802@redhat.com> From: Daniel Wilkerson Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 20:28:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: is the default ld linker script GPL? To: Nicholas Clifton Cc: Binutils Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-08/txt/msg00165.txt.bz2 Ok, well when you make that change, it might be helpful if the notice you just sent me were a comment in the linker script so that someone could satisfy the requirements of the notice by simply preserving the comment. Given that people will likely change the code after it was generated, you might want to prefix your notice with a sentence saying that the file was originally generated by gnu ld --verbose and as such the following notice applies to the original version. On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Nicholas Clifton wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > >> However, I am wondering if it is GPL. I could think of it as an >> elaborate configuration file, or I could think of it as a program in a >> domain specific programming language. Either way, it would be helpful >> to clarify this. > > > You are correct - this is something that is not currently explicitly > defined. The files should be covered by a copyright notice but they do not > need to be under the GPL. So please consider the following to apply to all > linker scripts in the ld/scripttempl/ directory: > > Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, > are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright > notice and this notice are preserved. > > I will be checking a patch shortly to make this change official. > > Cheers > Nick >