I'm really confuesd and frustrated Please Help

[Dan Kegel]

If you're trying to do license tracking, well, it's understandable that
you're confused and upset.
In my experience, it's hard to do, and it's messy.
it's also off-topic for gcc-help, I'm afraid.
But as long as I'm replying:

Rather than trying to put glibc and libstdc++ into a folder, you probably
want to
just accept them as they are, and special case them in your license
tracking scheme.

You might find https://github.com/Oblong/obs/tree/master/licensing useful,
it has some documentation and tools I used once to track licenses.
(Its doc mentions https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit since the
licensing scripts I wrote use scancode in several ways.)

Good luck!
- Dan

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 6:26 PM JacobK622 via Gcc-help <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org>
wrote:

> To gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
>
>      Firstly I'd like to preface this by saying a few things:
>
>     1. I don't always know what is or isn't socially appropriate to
> say/ask/do, so please don't get mad at me if I say/ask/do something
> inappropriate just let me know and I'll try to do better
>
>     2. Sometimes I word things oddly so if a phrase sounds weird or
> doesn't make sense please let me know and I'll try to explain
>
>     3. I want to make it VERY clear that the above statement should in no
> way be misinterpreted to say that 'I think you're dumb' because I don't.)
>
>     4. I'm not sure this is the correct email to send this to if it isn't:
>         a. I'm sorry
>         b. Would you please give me the correct email address? Thanks
>
>     5. I've been trying to find a solution to this for well over a month
> now and I'm getting a bit frustrated.
> Anyway...
>
> Right now, I have the standard C library and the standard C++ library as
> installed by gcc and g++, but it appears that I have multiple copies right
> now on my computer. ( I'm not sure if I have multiple copies, or if just
> looks that way because it's spread across the computer, or if it's
> something different.) (I think gcc did this automatically or it could be
> relatitd to the fact i have both gcc, g++, and mingw installed) This makes
> it very difficult to know what files are under what licenses, and what
> files are being included, because I have multiple copies of the same file
> under different directories. For instance, stdio.h. How do I download
> the standard C library and the standard C++ library as a separate download
> so I can put it in a single folder so that it's in one place? I need to
> keep track of what files I have under what license, and I can be sure that
> the license is compatible with the license I'd like to distribute my code
> under.
>
>      I know how to make it ignore the standard search paths and redirect
> it to a new or add a new search path, I just need to know where I can get a
> copy of the standard C library and the standard C++ library (gnu gpl with
> runtime exception or a different non-copyleft license (MIT, BSD(0, 2, or 3
> clause), etc)) so i can put them in a single folder.
>
> I have the same questions as applicable to Mingw.
>
> My email is JacobK622@protonmail.com feel free to email me at any time,
> although I may not respond immediately. (usually within 24hrs.)
> From, Jacob K
>
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