From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16037 invoked by alias); 23 Nov 2004 23:52:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 16021 invoked from network); 23 Nov 2004 23:52:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail-out3.apple.com) (17.254.13.22) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 23 Nov 2004 23:52:26 -0000 Received: from mailgate1.apple.com (a17-128-100-225.apple.com [17.128.100.225]) by mail-out3.apple.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iANNwjYg000326; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:58:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay2.apple.com (relay2.apple.com) by mailgate1.apple.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.14) with ESMTP id ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:53:12 -0800 Received: from [17.201.20.87] (mrs2.apple.com [17.201.20.87]) by relay2.apple.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iANNq8W8019882; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:52:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200411230916.36569.lucini@phys.ethz.ch> References: <200411230916.36569.lucini@phys.ethz.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v679) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, gomp@nongnu.org, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Mike Stump Subject: Re: OpenMP licensing problem: a solution Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:03:00 -0000 To: Biagio Lucini X-SW-Source: 2004-11/txt/msg00864.txt.bz2 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.