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Re: Ada policy
- From: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
- To: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>
- Cc: mrs at apple dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:27:40 -0700
- Subject: Re: Ada policy
- References: <10408302303.AA01021@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
Richard Kenner wrote:
As I'm sure you know, if you start with copyrighted code and "trim it
down", you still have copyrighted code. Making a non-proprietary
version of a test case involves a lot more work than that.
A trimmed-out test case, with comments removed, and identifiers renamed,
is still a "derived" work, but presumably many customers would be
willing to disclaim copyright interest. Perhaps as part of your
bug resolution procedure you could ask "could you please review
this simplified test case as to whether we can release it". This
does involve some customer education, so it is probably only worthwhile
for your bigger customers - i.e. those who submit lots of test cases.
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--Per Bothner
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