[Bug other/44032] New: internals documentation is not legally safe to use

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* [Bug other/44032]  New: internals documentation is not legally safe to use
@ 2010-05-07 22:06 amylaar at gcc dot gnu dot org
  2010-05-07 22:31 ` [Bug other/44032] " steven at gcc dot gnu dot org
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: amylaar at gcc dot gnu dot org @ 2010-05-07 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gcc-bugs

Because the internals documentation is distributed under the GFDL, it is not
safe to cut&paste examples or instructions from the documentation when writing
new code in GCC, since that code needs to be released under the GPL.
Documentation that pertains to the modification of a program must come with
a compatible license in order to be usable in a safe manner.

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           Summary: internals documentation is not legally safe to use
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.6.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: documentation
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: P3
         Component: other
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: amylaar at gcc dot gnu dot org

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44032

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* [Bug other/44032] internals documentation is not legally safe to use
  2010-05-07 22:06 [Bug other/44032] New: internals documentation is not legally safe to use amylaar at gcc dot gnu dot org
@ 2010-05-07 22:31 ` steven at gcc dot gnu dot org
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: steven at gcc dot gnu dot org @ 2010-05-07 22:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gcc-bugs



------- Comment #1 from steven at gcc dot gnu dot org  2010-05-07 22:31 -------
Ah, the old argument. But true. GCC internals documentation is almost
constantly out of sync with reality because of this. It's been like this for
years now and it is an underestimated problem.

Anyway, confirmed. 


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steven at gcc dot gnu dot org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
     Ever Confirmed|0                           |1
   Last reconfirmed|0000-00-00 00:00:00         |2010-05-07 22:31:01
               date|                            |


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44032


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