From: "An, Douwa" <douwa.an@qq.com>
To: "Jeff Johnston" <jjohnstn@redhat.com>,
newlib <newlib@sourceware.org>,
"Brian Inglis" <Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca>
Cc: "An, Douwa" <douwa.an@qq.com>, "douwa.an" <douwa.an@montage-tech.com>
Subject: Re: newlib license question
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2023 09:25:32 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tencent_240A6264B1EB16585950681F7E552D6B890A@qq.com> (raw)
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Hi Jeff, Brian
Thanks for your response.
Got your comment that our built newlib is not GPL related.
Best Regards.
---Original---
From: "Jeff Johnston"<jjohnstn@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, Jul 5, 2023 01:15 AM
To: "newlib"<newlib@sourceware.org>;
Cc: "An, Douwa"<douwa.an@qq.com>;"douwa.an"<douwa.an@montage-tech.com>;
Subject: Re: newlib license question
IANAL either.
Some further clarification. See COPYING.NEWLIB and COPYING.LIBGLOSS for target-specific licensing for
a newlib/libgloss library built from current sources.
The fr30 is no longer GPL and this is stated in COPYING.NEWLIB. The linux
target is no longer in the newlib sources and as Brian noted, was LGPL.
For libgloss, the sparc-*leon*, crx-*, cr16-* targets have a GPL with exception license. The exception states
that code linked with the libraries built from said sources have no restrictions. See the rest of the license
for full explanation of other usages.
The top-level directory files are shared with other gnu projects such as binutils and gcc. Configuration and build files
used from there do not affect the licensing of the newlib/libgloss libraries that are built.
-- Jeff J.
On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 12:02 PM Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@shaw.ca> wrote:
On 2023-07-03 21:30, An, Douwa wrote:
> I am struggling with the newlib license since i saw GPL license in git repo.
> It declares that newlib subdirectory is non-GPL related, however, there are GPL code in newlib root directory,&nbsp;
> 1) can we confirm that newlib subdirectory is not infected?&nbsp; which gnu official statement can certify it?&nbsp;
> 2) if I only build baremetal metal newlib, is GPL code used? Can i say newlib I build is non GPL related?
IANAL!
It appears according to licence docs, that Cygwin and Linux targets have LGPL
components, fr30 target has GPL components, and standards texinfo docs have GFDL
components.
The rest of newlib should be covered by BSD compatible licences allowing
commercial use, including files from a number of commercial corps; also newlib
is contributed to, supported and used by a number of commercial corps, including
ARM, HP, IBM, Intel, and RedHat, plus many other embedded and RT corps, as part
of corps commercial products, which may include proprietary modifications or
components not allowed by copyleft licenses.
IANAL!
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut
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