On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 01:24:44PM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote: > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Joe Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 01:07:10PM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote: > >> libgfortran calls fork/exec /bin/chmod to parse argument to chmod. > >> Is that OK to borrow code from coreutils which implements /bin/chmod > >> to properly implement chmod? coreutils is under GPLv3 while libgfortran > >> is under GPLv2 + exception. Is that possible to get permission from > >> the FSF to borrow code from coreutils? > > > > If the consensus of the Fortran maintainers is that this is the right > > thing to do, the SC can ask the FSF for permission. > > > > I don't know if this counts: > > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2008-07/msg00046.html
I suggest preparing a patch as usual (as if there were no issue) and posting to gcc-patches. The SC can then ask RMS to bless it (pointing him to the patch so he knows exactly what he is blessing), and it can go in. I don't think he would object. Note that this isn't just GPLv2 vs 3 or anything like that, I think we generally need permission when moving code from one project to another. I presume this is just the code that parses the symbolic modes to get the numeric modes?
