From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4618 invoked by alias); 19 Nov 2007 06:50:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 4610 invoked by uid 22791); 19 Nov 2007 06:50:07 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:50:05 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E5B12A9664; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:50:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id QwUHFA9EKKW1; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:50:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (nile.gnat.com [205.232.38.5]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 543632A9655; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:50:02 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <47413200.9020201@adacore.com> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:50:00 -0000 From: Robert Dewar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Blandy , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: DUEL support References: <20071117201326.GA25388@janus.mylan> <20071119064833.GA31161@janus.mylan> In-Reply-To: <20071119064833.GA31161@janus.mylan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 2007-11/txt/msg00179.txt.bz2 Sergei Golubchik wrote: > Yes, according to the "GPL vs. public domain" file in the distribution > he was (though it was in 1993). But why would it matter, he explicitly > put his patch under public domain ? One potential problem is that in somme countries, for sure France, it is not possible for an author to entirely disclaim copyright moral rights, so putting something in the public dommain can be a legally dubious notion. And how do we know the patch is in the public domain even in the US without a signed document. A notice on a file means nothing legally.