On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 at 09:46, Florian Weimer via Libstdc++ < libstd...@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
> * Jonathan Wakely: > > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 at 08:01, Florian Weimer wrote: > >> > >> * Patrick Palka via Libstdc: > >> > >> > This copies the fast_float library[1] into the compiled-in library > >> > sources. We're going to use this library in our floating-point > >> > std::from_chars implementation for faster and more portable parsing of > >> > binary32/64 decimal strings. > >> > > >> > [1]: https://github.com/fastfloat/fast_float > >> > > >> > Series tested on x86_64, i686, ppc64, ppc64le and aarch64, does it > >> > look OK for trunk? > >> > >> Missing Signed-off-by:? > > > > That's not needed if Patrick is still covered by an FSF assignment. > > But the submission is not covered by the FSF assignment. > Good point. > > I think we could use Apache as well, because this code isn't going to > > appear in public headers so the problematic clause doesn't apply. But > > MIT is simpler. > > Okay, so you consider dynamic linking only? I think the historic > libstdc++ license is more permissive than Apache or MIT when used with > GCC. There aren't any notification or other requirements. > > Another good point - the Apache license is (once again) problematic here. So it's good we can choose the MIT one.