From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22330 invoked by alias); 26 May 2010 18:42:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 22322 invoked by uid 22791); 26 May 2010 18:42:14 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MIME_QP_LONG_LINE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from c60.cesmail.net (HELO c60.cesmail.net) (216.154.195.49) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 26 May 2010 18:42:07 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO webmail2) ([192.168.1.183]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 26 May 2010 14:42:05 -0400 Received: from host-84-13-204-150.opaltelecom.net (host-84-13-204-150.opaltelecom.net [84.13.204.150]) by webmail.spamcop.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Wed, 26 May 2010 14:42:04 -0400 Message-ID: <20100526144204.9jacisneskow8o48-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 19:16:00 -0000 From: Joern Rennecke To: basile@starynkevitch.net Cc: Mark Mitchell , "Frank Ch. Eigler" , GCC Subject: Re: GFDL/GPL issues References: <4BFC6EF0.4090908@codesourcery.com> <1274853403.2089.21.camel@glinka> <4BFD44AB.6060402@codesourcery.com> <1274896995.3572.26.camel@glinka> In-Reply-To: <1274896995.3572.26.camel@glinka> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.4) Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2010-05/txt/msg00581.txt.bz2 Quoting Basile Starynkevitch : > So what should I do concretely? What is the current status of the pdf > file generated inside GCC MELT, an old version of which is on > http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/MELT% > 20tutorial?action=3DAttachFile&do=3Dview&target=3DGCC-MELT--gcc-internals= -snapshot.pdf > Is it completely illegal? > > Does that means that the only time when such a file could be > redistributed is in a couple of years (2012, 2015?) [*] when at long > last the FSF will have make an official change in some license or > exception? IIRC, when you do a Copyright Assignment to the FSF, you get the right granted back to use the code you contributed in other projects, subject to some notice period (3 weeks?). You best check your assignment confirmation papers. So I would suggest that you inform the FSF that you want to use the MELT code that you contributed previously (to the GCC project) for the project 'MELT documentation'; wait for the notice period to pass, and then AFAIU you are free to use your MELT code under a different License, like the GFDL. (Ask a lawyer if there is any doubt.) To assure users that they may use the documentation, you then have to actually grant a GFDL license to the documentation. E.g. you could include the auto-generated documentation with GFDL license in your branchand/or release. Of course you'd have to make sure that you don't drag in copyrightable material for which you don't have GFDL rights (e.g. pieces of GPL-only code from GCC proper).