On Tue, 14 Feb 2012, Geert Bosch wrote: > However, the glibc math library comes very close, and we can > surely fix any remaining issues there may be. So, if we can > use that as base, or as "fallback" library, we suddenly > achieve some minimal accuracy guarantees across a wide > range of platforms. If we can get this library with > GPL+exception, we can even generate optimized variants > and use a static library with LTO byte code allowing for > inlining etc.
LGPL+exception - the soft-fp license - is what I've suggested before as what would definitely be safe for any LGPL glibc code moving to be more permissively licensed for use as a library distributed with GCC. (I think the GPL+exception used for libgcc etc. would also be safe - but it's more obviously safe for all uses to add an exception to the license currently in use.) -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com
