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changeset 75759:974860245cbc
Add notes on the legal status of is_exec.c and sigaction.c.
| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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| date | Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:20:57 +0000 |
| parents | e75460ffd0da |
| children | 60ed74508594 |
| files | msdos/README |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 120 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/msdos/README Sat Feb 10 22:03:55 2007 +0000 +++ b/msdos/README Sat Feb 10 22:20:57 2007 +0000 @@ -21,3 +21,123 @@ # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +NOTE ON THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE FILES IS_EXEC.C, SIGACTION.C + +As distributed with GNU Emacs, the files is_exec.c and sigaction.c are +Copyright (C) 1995 DJ Delorie, and are licensed under the terms of the +GNU General Public License version 2 or later (see COPYING). + +Here we record the details of the legal history of these files. + +The files is_exec.c and sigaction.c were originally part of DJGPP, +distributed by DJ Delorie. The versions of these files in DJGPP +contain the following license notice: + + Copyright (C) 1995 DJ Delorie, see COPYING.DJ for details + +The contents of the file COPYING.DJ (as available at, for example, the +URL: <http://www.delorie.com/bin/cvsweb.cgi/djgpp/copying.dj>) are as +follows: + +-- COPYING.DJ STARTS HERE -- + +This is the file "COPYING.DJ". It does NOT apply to any sources or +binaries copyrighted by UCB Berkeley, the Free Software Foundation, or +any other agency besides DJ Delorie and others who have agreed to +allow their sources to be distributed under these terms. + + Copyright Information for sources and executables that are marked + Copyright (C) DJ Delorie + 334 North Rd + Deerfield NH 03037-1110 + +This document is Copyright (C) DJ Delorie and may be distributed +verbatim, but changing it is not allowed. + +Source code copyright DJ Delorie is distributed under the terms of the +GNU General Public Licence, with the following exceptions: + +* Sources used to build crt0.o, gcrt0.o, libc.a, libdbg.a, and + libemu.a are distributed under the terms of the GNU Library General + Public License, rather than the GNU GPL. + +* Any existing copyright or authorship information in any given source + file must remain intact. If you modify a source file, a notice to that + effect must be added to the authorship information in the source file. + +* Runtime binaries, as provided by DJ in DJGPP, may be distributed + without sources ONLY if the recipient is given sufficient information + to obtain a copy of djgpp themselves. This primarily applies to + go32-v2.exe, emu387.dxe, and stubedit.exe. + +* Runtime objects and libraries, as provided by DJ in DJGPP, when + linked into an application, may be distributed without sources ONLY + if the recipient is given sufficient information to obtain a copy of + djgpp themselves. This primarily applies to crt0.o and libc.a. + +----- + +Changes to source code copyright BSD, FSF, or others, by DJ Delorie +fall under the terms of the original copyright. Such files usually +have multiple copyright notices in them. + +A copy of the files "COPYING" and "COPYING.LIB" are included with this +document. If you did not receive a copy of these files, you may +obtain one from whence this document was obtained, or by writing: + + Free Software Foundation, Inc. + 51 Franklin Street, + Fifth Floor, + Boston, MA 02110-1301, + USA + +-- COPYING.DJ ENDS HERE -- + +Both is_exec.c and sigaction.c are parts of DJGPP's libc.a, therefore +according to exception 1 in the above terms their "base" license is +the GNU Library General Public License [now known as the GNU Lesser +General Public License]. + +The terms of the GNU LGPL, specifically clause 3, which begins: + + 3. You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General + Public License instead of this License to a given copy of the + Library. + +permit us to relicense the files is_exec.c and sigaction.c as used in +GNU Emacs under the terms of the GNU GPL. + +COPYING.DJ, however, lists extra exceptions 2-4 to the GNU licenses. +Items 3 and 4 are not relevant in the case of GNU Emacs, since they +can only apply to copies of DJGPP [confirmed by email from DJ Delorie +to rms at gnu.org and others, 2007/01/31]. + +Exception 2 of COPYING.DJ, when viewed as an added restriction, rather +than as an interpretation of the GPL, leads to problems. The added +requirement makes the overall license of the file incompatible with +the GNU GPL. + +As a solution to this problem, DJ Delorie has kindly granted (February +2007) GNU Emacs an exception, and permits us to license the files +is_exec.c and sigaction.c solely under the terms of the GNU GPL. This +exception applies _only_ to these files as distributed with GNU Emacs. +This solution was arrived at in an email discussion between DJ Delorie +<dj at delorie.com> and Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org> in +January/February 2007. We record below a summary of the relevant final +email in this discussion: + + From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie.com> + To: rms at gnu.org + Subject: Re: COPYING.DJ and Emacsn + + I have no problem with whatever you wish to do with those files in + emacs (as long as djgpp itself doesn't need to change). + + +Accordingly, in February 2007 we relicensed the files is_exec.c and +sigaction.c as used in GNU Emacs under the GNU GPL. + +Copies of both the GNU General Public License and GNU Lesser (Library) +Public License may be obtained from: the Free Software Foundation, +Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.