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Re: Licensing inconsistency, cplus-dem.c/cp-demangle.c/demangle.h
- From: "zack at codesourcery dot com" <zack at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: mike stump <mrs at windriver dot com>, "per at bothner dot com" <per at bothner dot com>,"gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 23:35:03 -0800
- Subject: Re: Licensing inconsistency, cplus-dem.c/cp-demangle.c/demangle.h
- References: <200112200145.RAA07849@kankakee.wrs.com> <9820000.1008822560@warlock.codesourcery.com>
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 08:29:20PM -0800, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>
> >So, who gets to decide the change in license? SC? rms? If rms,
> >someone want to volunteer? If no one, I would be willing.
>
> I debated this with RMS some time ago, perhaps a year or so back,
> when CodeSourcery contributed this code.
>
> He refused to allow this code to be placed under the libgcc license.
>
> I continue to think this code should be under the libgcc license,
> but I am not willing to try to reopen this debate personally.
I don't have the time, or the tact, but I'm curious to know what RMS's
argument for not using the libgcc license was. From my end, being
able to use the demangler in libstdc++ and libjava seems like a
compelling argument for the libgcc license.
zw