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Re: [PATCH] Add expandargv test to libiberty testsuite.


> Why should we grant that permission for a newly written test program
> like Carlos's?  GPL seems like the logical choice.

Because it's so difficult to change licenses after the fact.  We've
been encouraging people to standardize on the libstdc++ license
because it handles all the cases we need.

I suppose it would be reasonable for testsuites to not need the
exception, but I worry that someone might use a testcase as an
exemplar for a library routine in the future, and not get the
exception into the library routine.


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