RE: segfault with gfortran > 4.0.3

["Info" <info at arki dot dk>]

Steve,

I will try to create a smaller version of the problem and one where all code
can be made publicly available. 

Regarding the legal side: what kind of information do you need from me (the
developer) and in what form do you need it before you feel you can look at
the code?

Regards

Arne Stolbjerg Drud

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Arne Stolbjerg Drud, ARKI Consulting & Development A/S
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Phone (+45) 44 49 03 23, Fax (+45) 44 49 03 33, e-mail: adrud@arki.dk 

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Kargl [mailto:sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:00 AM
To: John Pye
Cc: fortran@gcc.gnu.org; Arne Drud
Subject: Re: segfault with gfortran > 4.0.3


On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 02:39:10PM +1000, John Pye wrote:

> Regarding the legal side of this, I can assure you that I have 
> obtained appropriate permission to post the code in question.

Maybe others can help, but I can't afford to have some developer claim
ownership of my private codes.  I don't care if you have permission in an
undisclosed email, I have no information concerning the actual license on
the code, and the developer could contact fortran@ without a middle man.

> I do understand that there are issues here with regard to the GNU 
> philosophy etc etc, but I also think that I have found a genuine and 
> serious bug here that needs to be fixed.

This has nothing to do with the GNU philosophy.  I personally prefer the BSD
philosophy; in that if I give code away then it can be used by anyone
provide they do not claim to have written the code or sue me.

Yes, there are bugs in gfortran.  We're trying to fix them
as fast as we can.  However, we need unencumbered bug reports to (IMHO)
protect outselves.

-- 
Steve