license & copyright patch to MELT for dual GPLv3+ & GFDL1.2+

[Basile Starynkevitch]

On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 08:11 -0700, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> Basile Starynkevitch wrote:
> 
> > I did understood that and I won't change the copyright notice of GCC
> > MELT files unless provided concretely with a patch or a sentence to put
> > there.
> 
> Please revert any patches that you checked in as a result of Karl's advice.

Done in svn revision 160440.


Technically, I removed the notices manually, and regenerated all the
generated C code.


But could any person (notably Mark Mitchell or Karl Berry) give me what
he imagine would change the prohibition of generating documentation from
code in GCC:

a. The simplest: a decision of the GCC Steering Committee. In my guess,
that would take a couple of years (eg 2013 or 2014 at least). I remember
how long it took from discussions of plugins on lists to the approval of
a licence permitting them in GCC.

b. A change by FSF in one of the GPL or the GFDL license, and then a
decision by Steering Committee to switch GCC to these. In my guess, that
would take a dozen years (e.g. 2023 and GCC could possibly cease to be
relevant long before that : it already have free competitors in 2010.).
I remember first discussions on GPLv2 evolution, till adoption of GPLv3
in GCC.

c. Anything else? 

I am only asking for opinions, nothing more. And I am understanding a
little better why GCC is not so well documented! And I am becoming a bit
less optimistic on GCC future.

Cheers.


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