On 3/17/06, Mark Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard Guenther wrote: > > > Remembering the patches from Joseph these were from a different part > > of GLIBC than I imported. I imported parts of sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 and > > dbl-64 which contain C implementations of C99 math intrinsics such as > > sin and cos. The flt-32 parts are public domain as in > > > > /* > > * ==================================================== > > * Copyright (C) 1993 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. > > * > > * Developed at SunPro, a Sun Microsystems, Inc. business. > > * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this > > * software is freely granted, provided that this notice > > * is preserved. > > * ==================================================== > > */ > > > > while the dbl-64 parts are LGPL and so subject to the change to GPL > > + exception. I don't know if these parts of GLIBC are covered by RMS's > > permission, it is probably advisable to ask. > > I think that we need to ask RMS specifically about this. Would you > please send a message to RMS, and copy the SC list (is that address > public? I'm not sure if I'm supposed to give it out, ask me privately > if you don't know it) on the mail. Explain the situation, including > what code you're importing and why you want an exception. > > My guess is that it's OK to include the Sun code, since it's in the > public domain. My guess is also that, without explicit permission from > RMS, you have to leave the LGPL on the dbl-64 code, since it doesn't > sound like that is covered by "software floating-point emulation". That > means that people who linked with this library would find that the LGPL > applies, which is contrary to our general policy that binaries produced > by GCC are not subject to GPL/LGPL issues. So, I think you should > remove the dbl-64 code until this is resolved, or at least prevent it > from being compiled by removing whatever Makefile bits compile it. My > experience is that it usually takes some time for RMS to grant a license > exception, and that he may not choose to do it.
I will do so early next week and send a patch to disable dbl-64 compilation for now. Richard.
