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Re: Libiberty license roundup (questions/potential problems)
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>
- To: Robert Dewar <dewar at gnat dot com>
- Cc: ac131313 at redhat dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, dj at redhat dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com, mrs at apple dot com, neroden at twcny dot rr dot com
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 15:23:16 -0700
- Subject: Re: Libiberty license roundup (questions/potential problems)
- References: <20030528221127.3FDE1F2D82@nile.gnat.com>
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 06:11:27PM -0400, Robert Dewar wrote:
> I have not seen any substantive argument for using other than the GPL here.
> That's what would be useful.
The only reason for using something other than the GPL is if a function
turns out to be needed in a language support library as well. Otherwise
it suffices if the license is GPL or GPL-compatible.