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* [Bug gdb/16901] New: Two files have non-free licenses (modification is not explicitly allowed)
@ 2014-05-04 8:02 BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch
2014-05-04 8:13 ` [Bug gdb/16901] " BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch
2014-05-04 11:55 ` BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch
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From: BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch @ 2014-05-04 8:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gdb-prs
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16901
Bug ID: 16901
Summary: Two files have non-free licenses (modification is not
explicitly allowed)
Product: gdb
Version: unknown
Status: NEW
Severity: critical
Priority: P1
Component: gdb
Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
Reporter: BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch
The files /include/coff/sym.h and /include/coff/symconst.h are accompanied by a
license that does not explicitly allow modification. This violates Freedom 1
(right to modify), Freedom 3 (right to distribute modified copies) and DFSG3
(right to modify).
So that gdb is not accomanied by non-free software, either the files need to be
removed or the copyright holders need to be contacted to ask for permission to
modify the files. The license text is below:
/*
* |-----------------------------------------------------------|
* | Copyright (c) 1992, 1991, 1990 MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.|
* | MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. grants reproduction and use |
* | rights to all parties, PROVIDED that this comment is |
* | maintained in the copy. |
* |-----------------------------------------------------------|
*/
/* (C) Copyright 1984 by Third Eye Software, Inc.
*
* Third Eye Software, Inc. grants reproduction and use rights to
* all parties, PROVIDED that this comment is maintained in the copy.
*
* Third Eye makes no claims about the applicability of this
* symbol table to a particular use.
*/
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* [Bug gdb/16901] Two files have non-free licenses (modification is not explicitly allowed)
2014-05-04 8:02 [Bug gdb/16901] New: Two files have non-free licenses (modification is not explicitly allowed) BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch
@ 2014-05-04 8:13 ` BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch
2014-05-04 11:55 ` BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch
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From: BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch @ 2014-05-04 8:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gdb-prs
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16901
--- Comment #1 from Riley Baird <BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch> ---
Also, just noticed: /libiberty/strcasecmp.c and /libiberty/strncasecmp.c also
don't allow modification. License text:
/*
* Copyright (c) 1987 Regents of the University of California.
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
* provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is given
* to the University of California at Berkeley. The name of the University
* may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
* software without specific written prior permission. This software
* is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty.
*/
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* [Bug gdb/16901] Two files have non-free licenses (modification is not explicitly allowed)
2014-05-04 8:02 [Bug gdb/16901] New: Two files have non-free licenses (modification is not explicitly allowed) BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch
2014-05-04 8:13 ` [Bug gdb/16901] " BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch
@ 2014-05-04 11:55 ` BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch
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From: BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch @ 2014-05-04 11:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gdb-prs
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--- Comment #2 from Riley Baird <BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch> ---
Just discovered: /mkdep license:
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
# provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
# duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
# advertising materials, and other materials related to such
# distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
# by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the
# University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
# from this software without specific prior written permission.
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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