Florian Weimer <fwei...@redhat.com> writes: > * Gaius Mulley: > >> gm2 does use GNU libpth (to create context and switch contexts). >> Although it doesn't need libpth for single process programs. I think >> the GNU libpth project is no longer maintained, so I've included it in: >> >> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gm2.git/tree/gcc-versionno/libgm2/libpth/pth > > libpth is dead upstream, I think, so it's not an ideal choice. > >> I assuming this is okay as it is an official GNU project? It contains >> the important clause: >> >>> This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or >>> modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public >>> License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either >>> version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. >> >> in its source files - so I plan to bump this to GPL3 with runtime >> exception. Is this sensible and what is expected? > > Copyright has not been assigned to the FSF, so I wouldn't recommend > making this change without consulting the major copyright holders > first.
ah thanks - really useful info, I hadn't realised the copyright was not assigned to the FSF. > The question is whether this is really necessary. Obviously, there is > no requirement to ship all supporting code under the GPL version 3 or > later for GCC. See the libffi subdirectory, which has its own > license. sure I think it is looking sensible to stop using libpth. gm2 only needs the two basic primitives create a context and switch to a context in any case. Furthermore it only needs these if the user wants coroutines. For most Modula-2 programs it isn't required. > (Note: I'm just a random bystander here, this is not official policy.) the feedback is really helpful - thanks, regards, Gaius
