[Bug manual/13792] New: Which license applies to the code examples in the manual?

[Bug manual/13792] New: Which license applies to the code examples in the manual?

[d-mob06 at gmx dot de]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13792

             Bug #: 13792
           Summary: Which license applies to the code examples in the
                    manual?
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: manual
        AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: d-mob06@gmx.de
                CC: roland@gnu.org
    Classification: Unclassified


What is the license for the code examples listed in the manual?

I want to use the rather simple example of subtracting a struct timeval in my
project. You can find it here:
www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Elapsed-Time.html

What license does apply? The manual itself is under the GNU Free Documentation
License. What's the deal with the code examples? The closest in the GNU FDL is
the following paragraph at the end:

"If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we recommend
releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of free software
license, such as the GNU General Public License, to permit their use in free
software."

A clarification would be very much appreciated.

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[Bug manual/13792] Which license applies to the code examples in the manual?

[roland at gnu dot org]

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--- Comment #1 from Roland McGrath <roland at gnu dot org> 2012-03-02 23:52:19 UTC ---
This came up a few years ago, but I don't think we ever did anything about it.
The whole manual is under the GFDL and thus so are the code samples inside it.

The sizable examples are maintained as plain C source files in the source tree.
 So we could easily release those separately under the GPL.

The timeval_subtract function you asked about was not in such a file, but I've
just moved it into one.

We can look into making a separate package of these source files, where they
would be under the GPL.

Note, however, that the functionality you are looking for is also implemented
by the timersub macro in <sys/time.h> (where it is under the LGPL as usual).

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[Bug manual/13792] Which license applies to the code examples in the manual?

[roland at gnu dot org]

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Roland McGrath <roland at gnu dot org> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Roland McGrath <roland at gnu dot org> 2012-03-03 00:53:43 UTC ---
The examples are now individually licensed under the GPL (v2 or later).
You can get them directly from source control using git or a web browser.
I don't think we'll make a separate package of them unless there's real demand.

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[Bug manual/13792] Which license applies to the code examples in the manual?

[jsm28 at gcc dot gnu.org]

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Joseph Myers <jsm28 at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Joseph Myers <jsm28 at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-03-03 01:38:23 UTC ---
*** Bug 3178 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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[Bug manual/13792] Which license applies to the code examples in the manual?

[david.martin.mailbox at googlemail dot com]

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David Martin <david.martin.mailbox at googlemail dot com> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from David Martin <david.martin.mailbox at googlemail dot com> 2012-03-07 09:23:02 UTC ---
That was quick, I'm impressed. :) At least for me there's no need for a
separate package, the source files on their own under the GPL are perfectly
fine.
Did not know about the timersub macro though. Thanks for the hint!

Cheers,
David

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[Bug manual/13792] Which license applies to the code examples in the manual?

[david.martin.mailbox at googlemail dot com]

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David Martin <david.martin.mailbox at googlemail dot com> changed:

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         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #5 from David Martin <david.martin.mailbox at googlemail dot com> 2012-03-07 09:26:04 UTC ---
Accidentally had the bug status as UNCONFIRMED under the comment box. Fixed
again.

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[Bug manual/13792] Which license applies to the code examples in the manual?

[fweimer at redhat dot com]

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Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com> changed:

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