On 2014-11-04, Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote:
> How on earth has freehdl managed to get into the debian repository if
> the IEEE libraries prevent ghdl from being there?
The same way the old GHDL package got in, by including the following
text in the copyright file:
In the source ieee directory, several standard VHDL headers say "all
rights reserved". However, these standard headers are actually not
copyrightable because they merely define an interface, and do NOT
fall under any category of copyrightable works as defined by U.S.
Code Title 17 §102(a), and in fact is specifically excluded by
§102(b).
I'm not sure what to make of this. In any case I am absolutely not a
legal expert.
I want to provide a technically sound GHDL package for Debian.
If possible, I'd love to have it included in the official Debian
distribution. If any Debian developer is willing to sponsor it, I'd
love to work with them.
Joris.
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