On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Stuart Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Matt, > > The problem is that if that rpm contains proprietary components who's > license does not permit redistribution, it would not be possible to host > this (legally) on the GPP without permission of CodeSourcery.
Strange, that seems to go against the spirit of the GPL (which primarily protects distribution). So I wonder. If one was to remove the proprietary binaries from the archive, would it be permissible to redistribute? Why couldn't someone just re-create the same toolchain? Is there something special about CS's toolchain? Doesn't look like it, but I have only built a handful. > If they gave permission then it would be okay to host it on the GPP. > > Regards, Stuart > > On 05/08/11 14:02, Matt Wilbur wrote: >> >> For the linux powerpc toolchain, I believe there are no proprietary >> components. For their PPC bare metal, they provide some startup code (CS3), >> and for some platforms they provide a "sprite" for debugging. Also, their >> Eclipse plugins are proprietary. But for linux builds, all you are using >> are binutils, gcc (and friends) and newlib, none of which are proprietary. >> >> Matt >> >> On 2011-08-05, at 8:57 AM, Gernot Hillier wrote: >> >>> Dear Stuart! >>> >>> Sure, that's freescale-powerpc-linux-gnu-2010.09-55.i686.rpm, downloaded >>> from this site: >>> >>> http://www.codesourcery.com/sgpp/lite/power/portal/release1571 >>> >>> If direct link doesn't work, follow this path: >>> >>> www.codesourcery.com> Products> Sourcery Codebench> Editions> Lite> >>> Power> Downloads> GNU/Linux. >>> >>> After installing this RPM, there is >>> /opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.5.55-eglibc-2.11.55/powerpc-linux-gnu/share/doc/freescale-powerpc-linux-gnu/LICENSE.txt >>> which speaks about "CodeSourcery Proprietary Components". And it's not clear >>> to me whether this RPM contains such components or not. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Gernot >>> >>> Am 24.07.2011 18:57, schrieb Stuart Hughes: >>>> >>>> Hi Gernot, >>>> >>>> Can you point me to the link for the toolchain and also the place where >>>> the license restrict distribution. AFAIK normally CodeSourcery "lite" >>>> toolchains allow redistribution. >>>> >>>> Regards, Stuart >>>> >>>> On 15/07/11 13:50, Gernot Hillier wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dear all! >>>>> >>>>> The attached patch contains the settings for the current CodeSourcery >>>>> toolchain for e300c3 platforms. >>>>> >>>>> However, please note I didn't test it yet with current LTIB CVS as >>>>> there >>>>> seems to be a license issue for using it: the CodeSourcery license >>>>> doesn't allow me to distribute the RPM, so I can't upload it to GPP. >>>>> >>>>> Can you put this to GPP? If yes, I can happily test the patch with >>>>> current LTIB and probalby post an update. >>>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LTIB home page: http://ltib.org >>> >>> Ltib mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/ltib >>> </PRE><BR><span >>> style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'> >>> _____________________________________________________<BR> This >>> electronic message and any files transmitted with it contains<BR> >>> information from iDirect, which may be privileged, proprietary<BR> >>> and/or confidential. It is intended solely for the use of the >>> individual<BR> >>> or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the original<BR> >>> recipient or the person responsible for delivering the email to the<BR> >>> intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email<BR> >>> in error, and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or<BR> >>> copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you received this >>> email<BR> >>> in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender.<BR> >>> _____________________________________________________</SPAN><PRE> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > LTIB home page: http://ltib.org > > Ltib mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/ltib > _______________________________________________ LTIB home page: http://ltib.org Ltib mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/ltib
