[Bug c++/95081] New: Copyright infringement by ROS2

[Bug c++/95081] New: Copyright infringement by ROS2

[pacoarjonilla at yahoo dot es]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95081

            Bug ID: 95081
           Summary: Copyright infringement by ROS2
           Product: gcc
           Version: 10.1.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c++
          Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
          Reporter: pacoarjonilla at yahoo dot es
  Target Milestone: ---

Created attachment 48518
  --> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=48518&action=edit
Infringing source file

Please excuse me if this is not the right place to post this notice.

ROS2 (Robot Operating System) by Open Robotics has infringed copyright of GCC
standard library. At least, they have copied portions of stl_vector.h of the
C++ component of GCC, without crediting the authors and replacing the GPL
license with the Apache license. Here is the modified file:

https://github.com/ros2/rosidl/blob/master/rosidl_runtime_cpp/include/rosidl_runtime_cpp/bounded_vector.hpp

Commit f25db23d093ea075f8bbb0015597b091400889e2 of the rosidl project.

[Bug c++/95081] Copyright infringement by ROS2

[redi at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95081

Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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   Last reconfirmed|                            |2020-05-12
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |WAITING
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #1 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
You've attached an HTML file, not source code.

I don't see the copied code, which parts of the file are taken from GCC?

[Bug c++/95081] Copyright infringement by ROS2

[pacoarjonilla at yahoo dot es]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95081

Paco Arjonilla <pacoarjonilla at yahoo dot es> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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  Attachment #48518|0                           |1
        is obsolete|                            |

--- Comment #2 from Paco Arjonilla <pacoarjonilla at yahoo dot es> ---
Created attachment 48520
  --> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=48520&action=edit
Really infringing source code

Sorry for the html file.

If you compare the attached file with stl_vector.h, you can clearly see that
the code is derived from GCC: They have only kept the vector class, rename
vector to BoundedVector, and made the member function modifications to suit
their needs. The identifier naming is the same, the syntax has been kept, most
of the comments remain in the copied portions.

[Bug c++/95081] Copyright infringement by ROS2

[redi at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95081

Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |INVALID
             Status|WAITING                     |RESOLVED

--- Comment #3 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
Parameter names are not copyrightable. If you want to define a class with the
same API as std::vector then of course you're going to use the same names for
the member functions.

The only thing copyrightable in there are the comments. I suggest you bring
this up with the ROS2 project, or the Free Software Foundation. There's no GCC
bug here.

See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.en.html