From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5628 invoked by alias); 11 Jul 2012 17:43:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 5615 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Jul 2012 17:43:44 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_BRBL_LASTEXT,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_BL,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_L3,RCVD_IN_NJABL_RELAY,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from new.toad.com (HELO new.toad.com) (209.237.225.253) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:43:30 +0000 Received: from new.toad.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by new.toad.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id q6BHhRmw020236; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:43:27 -0700 Message-Id: <201207111743.q6BHhRmw020236@new.toad.com> To: Daniel Jacobowitz cc: Stan Shebs , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Licencing policy for gdb Python plugins In-reply-to: References: <4FFC2F18.9000708@tu-dresden.de> <4FFC39B3.70505@earthlink.net> Comments: In-reply-to Daniel Jacobowitz message dated "Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:18:28 -0400." Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:43:00 -0000 From: John Gilmore X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-07/txt/msg00026.txt.bz2 Since we aren't sure, howabout publishing something that says, "If your plugin is public domain or licensed under GPLv3+, it's compatible with GDB's licensing. If you want to do something different, come talk with us and we'll work something out." That way we can make a decision in a context that's informed by an actual plugin - while enabling anybody who doesn't mind PD or GPL. John