[avr-libc-dev] Re: [patch #6951] Time posix patch.

[Daniele Basile]

On 21-12-2010 12:11, Frank Ennert wrote:
> 
> Follow-up Comment #9, patch #6951 (project avr-libc):
> 
> As someone interested in using the patch in a project I took it upon me to
> check the copyright of the NEWLIB files.
> 
> Unfortunately the situation isn't clear. The time files I checked in NEWLIB
> all had a simple statement like
> 
>  "Original Author:    G. Haley"
> 
> in the code. E.g.
> http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/newlib/libc/time/gmtime.c?annotate=1.4&cvsroot=src
> I didn't check all libc/time files.
> 
> NEWLIB itself points to http://sourceware.org/newlib/COPYING.NEWLIB for
> license details. But that file doesn't contain any reference to a "G. Haley".
> 
> Googleing produces a document about NEWLIB http://www.gnuarm.com/pdf/libc.pdf
> where a certain Graham Haley is mentioned:
> 
> "'libc' includes software developed by Martin Jackson, Graham Haley and Steve
> Chamberlain of Tadpole Technology and released to Cygnus."
> 
> But COPYING.NEWLIB doesn't mention Tadpole or Cygnus. I have no idea what
> "released to" means. For me that code is to hot to touch. I guess I have to
> write my own time functions.
> 
Thanks for reply,
I understand the your point, and I agree with you. If you don't have
hurry, I can rewrite the patch to round on the licence troubles.
I saw the code and isn't so much complicate to rewrite it.

Let me know what do to you think.

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