Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1998/09/02/09:13:11
Date sent: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 08:56:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: egcs-1.1
>
> The GPL *requires* that sources be uploaded. You don't have a choice
> about this. Although, the patch idea is a good one. Better yet, get
> the djgpp patches *into* the egcs release, so that they'll be
> maintained and distributed with the sources.
>
Only question: is it not enough to give script that exactly rebuilds
sources I used from original GNU distribution? There will no
proprietory software needed for that, only GNU tools. I think that is
not against GPL:
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For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that
you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
the source code. And you must show them these terms so they
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
know their rights.
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If I'm giving script that exactly builds sources from original GNU
sources with using GNU tools (bash,sed,autoconf, etc) than I think
GPL is not violated as user can get sources identical to my ones.
About including changes into release: about some changes it is
possible but not about all as I (similary than in ports of gcc-2.8.X)
had to rename include files in libio, libstdc++ and libg++ which
of course will not be accepted.
Andris
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