Re: [PATCH v7 0/1] RFC: Add <sys/tagged-address.h>

["H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 11:08 AM Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 24 Sep 2021, H.J. Lu via Libc-alpha wrote:
>
> > Changes in v7:
> >
> > 1. Move set_translated_address_mask to libc_nonshared.a.
>
> Code in *_nonshared.a or crt*.o should include the LGPL exception wording:
>
>    In addition to the permissions in the GNU Lesser General Public
>    License, the Free Software Foundation gives you unlimited
>    permission to link the compiled version of this file with other
>    programs, and to distribute those programs without any restriction
>    coming from the use of this file. (The GNU Lesser General Public
>    License restrictions do apply in other respects; for example, they
>    cover modification of the file, and distribution when not linked
>    into another program.)
>
>    Note that people who make modified versions of this file are not
>    obligated to grant this special exception for their modified
>    versions; it is their choice whether to do so. The GNU Lesser
>    General Public License gives permission to release a modified
>    version without this exception; this exception also makes it
>    possible to release a modified version which carries forward this
>    exception.
>
> (The point being that people linking with glibc should be able to meet
> their LGPL obligations by linking dynamically, without also needing to
> provide a way to relink with modified versions of the *_nonshared.a code.)
>
> Presumably when we get DCO contributions to such files we also need to
> adjust the exception wording accordingly regarding who gives the above
> permission.
>
> --
> Joseph S. Myers
> joseph@codesourcery.com

I added the following change to set-translated-address-mask.c:

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

+   In addition to the permissions in the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License, the Free Software Foundation gives you unlimited
+   permission to link the compiled version of this file with other
+   programs, and to distribute those programs without any restriction
+   coming from the use of this file.  (The Lesser General Public
+   License restrictions do apply in other respects; for example, they
+   cover modification of the file, and distribution when not linked
+   into another program.)
+
    The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU

-- 
H.J.