From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10647 invoked by alias); 30 Sep 2011 04:22:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 19179 invoked by uid 22791); 30 Sep 2011 03:44:08 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:22:00 -0000 Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 From: Richard Stallman To: gdb-announce@sourceware.org Subject: Making up for a release mistake in GDB versions 6.0 - 6.6 Reply-to: rms@gnu.org Mailing-List: contact gdb-announce-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-announce-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011/txt/msg00003.txt.bz2 The FSF hereby grants permission to distribute the old GDB releases numbered 6.0 through 6.6, which were released under GNU GPL version 2 or later, notwithstanding the absence therein of the real source files for certain CPU descriptions. This permission extends to versions with unrelated modifications, provided those versions comply in all other respects with the GNU GPL versions stated on their licenses. These source files were published all along, formerly in http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/cgen/cpu/?cvsroot=src, now in http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/cpu/?cvsroot=src. The problem is that they were not included in these GDB releases as they should have been. Thanks to some of the improvements in GPL version 3, we don't need to explicitly forgive past violations caused by redistributing those old versions under GPL version 3, because those violations would only have consequences for the redistributors if the FSF were to complain about them to the redistributors within 60 days of such redistribution. The FSF commits not to complain about this problem. However, some who have distributed these versions under GPL version 2 may wish to continue doing so. Therefore, the Free Software Foundation hereby explicitly forgives violations consisting of the lack of the real source files for certain CPU descriptions in copies of these GDB versions. This forgiveness does not apply to any other kind of violation, however. Corrected tar files have been placed on ftp.gnu.org for all these versions. The corrected tar files do not have the problem because they contain the source files for these CPU descriptions. The FSF urges all redistributors to upgrade as soon as possible to the revised tar files. The corrected files have an `a' in their names after the version number, as in gdb-6.6a.tar.gz. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/