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Re: RFC: Create a COPYING_v2 file and update files in ginclude to refer to it
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 13 Jul 2007 09:31:22 -0700
- Subject: Re: RFC: Create a COPYING_v2 file and update files in ginclude to refer to it
- References: <m3myy0pnp1.fsf@redhat.com>
Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:
> 1. It creates a new file in the gcc/ directory called COPYING_v2
> which contains a copy of version 2 of the GPL.
>
> 2. It updates the header files in the gcc/ginclude directory to
> refer to the COPYING_v2 file rather than the COPYING file.
I don't really object to this, but it seems like a bit of churn in
gcc/ginclude for no very important reason. Presumably the SC and the
FSF will soon come to an agreement as to what the GPL+exception files
should look like with GPLv3. At that time you, or somebody, will have
to change the gcc/ginclude files again. Since there is no imminent
release, what's the advantage in changing those files now?
Ian