From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24676 invoked by alias); 3 Jul 2007 14:43:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 24659 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Jul 2007 14:43:23 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-out.google.com (HELO smtp-out.google.com) (216.239.45.13) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:43:20 +0000 Received: from zps36.corp.google.com (zps36.corp.google.com [172.25.146.36]) by smtp-out.google.com with ESMTP id l63EhBs2024158; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 07:43:11 -0700 Received: from smtp.corp.google.com (spacemonkey3.corp.google.com [192.168.120.116]) by zps36.corp.google.com with ESMTP id l63Eh1gm027340 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 07:43:01 -0700 Received: from localhost.localdomain.google.com (69-36-227-130.cust.layer42.net [69.36.227.130] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.corp.google.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l63EgxPv015883 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 07:43:00 -0700 To: Jakub Jelinek Cc: Nick Clifton , binutils@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Switching GAS to GPLv3 References: <20070703113243.GF4603@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz> From: Ian Lance Taylor Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:51:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20070703113243.GF4603@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 X-SW-Source: 2007-07/txt/msg00066.txt.bz2 Jakub Jelinek writes: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 12:00:53PM +0100, Nick Clifton wrote: > > I have checked in a patch to switch all of the source files in the > > gas/ directory over to version 3 of the GPL. I will be updating the > > other binutils directories over the next few days. > > What does this mean for backporting fixes from binutils trunk to older > binutils releases? > Does this mean backports are not possible at all, or do we have to > relicense our legacy releases (that we want to backport stuff to) to GPLv3? As far as I can see, the only issue that would arise would be if the copyright assignment of the person contributing the patch specified that the patch could only be used with GPLv3 or above. Since the FSF owns the copyright of any contributed patch (or the copyright has been disclaimed), the FSF can release the patch under any license which the copyright assignment permits. And the standard copyright assignment certainly permits GPLv2. Ian