[Bug gdb/16901] New: Two files have non-free licenses (modification is not explicitly allowed)

[Bug gdb/16901] New: Two files have non-free licenses (modification is not explicitly allowed)

[BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix at bitmessage dot ch]

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)

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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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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16901

--- 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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