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From: Mike Stump <mrs@apple.com>
To: Biagio Lucini <lucini@phys.ethz.ch>
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, gomp@nongnu.org, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: OpenMP licensing problem: a solution
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:03:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <D17D35C7-33A7-4DD0-B889-7920EFDC942C@apple.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200411230916.36569.lucini@phys.ethz.ch>

On Nov 23, 2004, at 12:16 AM, Biagio Lucini wrote:
> I have made an enquiry to the OpenMP ARB, appended is the answer I 
> received.
> My understanding of the meaning of "public domain" is that we are free 
> to put the code under GPL+exceptions.

My take, I think their email reply is evidence that they have no clue 
what-so-ever.  I'd suggest that you ask them a yes or no question, and 
that you accept no another answer other than yes or no.  Now, as to the 
question, can I do X, where X is all the code that you think might 
infringe.  Also, bear in mind, what the person says has no legal 
weight, if they person you are talking to has no legal standing.

If you don't get satisfaction from them, then, I'd bump you to the 
FSF's lawyer on how to handle this.  Standard clean room techniques 
certainly work.

  reply	other threads:[~2004-11-23 23:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-23  9:31 Biagio Lucini
2004-11-24  0:03 ` Mike Stump [this message]
2004-11-24  1:03   ` Daniel Berlin
2004-11-24  2:09     ` Joe Buck
2004-11-24  3:20     ` Mike Stump
2004-11-24  5:35       ` Daniel Berlin
2004-11-24  7:52         ` Joe Buck

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