Am 15.10.2011 11:02, schrieb Blue Swirl: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:26 AM, Max Filippov <jcmvb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> diff --git a/target-xtensa/core-fsf/gdb-config.c >> b/target-xtensa/core-fsf/gdb-config.c >> new file mode 100644 >> index 0000000..6705d9c >> --- /dev/null >> +++ b/target-xtensa/core-fsf/gdb-config.c >> @@ -0,0 +1,152 @@ >> +/* Configuration for the Xtensa architecture for GDB, the GNU debugger. >> + >> + Copyright (C) 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >> + >> + This file is part of GDB. >> + >> + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify >> + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by >> + the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or > > Nack. GPLv3 is by design incompatible with GPLv2only (but not with > GPLv2+ or IIRC BSD-like) licenses. Please only use code from GDB > before v3 switch. > > As a side note, a quick grep shows that GPLv2only is a small minority > in QEMU. In theory it should be possible to agree to switch from > GPLv2only to some GPLv3 compatible license for all of QEMU code, or in > a theory with alternative universes, even get FSF to relicense GDB > under GPLv2only compatible way. Or, with the aid of infinite number of > monkeys of Internet waiting to waste their time, rewrite incompatible > but interesting parts of GDB or QEMU under The One True License of the > day.
Could we please draft some policy on this? This is not a GDB issue, it's very general. Whether we like it or not, there is GPLv3-licensed code and there will probably be a GPLv4 one day. IMO having old GPLv2-only code is one thing. But there's a lot of new GPLv2-only code cooking and occasionally pouring in, especially from qemu-kvm. Device assignment is a current example I encountered. If we could make checkpatch.pl detect new GPLv2-only code, then I would hope, given the dynamic QEMU development of the last few years, that the GPLv2-only portions become so small (both in relation and absolute) that they can either be replaced or the authors' permission be obtained to change the license to GPLv2-or-later. Andreas -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer; HRB 16746, AG Nürnberg
