From 387d109fa0743a45a1748a1109b2b8578778cb1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Yann E. MORIN\"" Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:52 +0000 Subject: Update COPYING to make it clear that crosstool-NG is part of the source of a toolchain. /trunk/COPYING | 14 14 0 0 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index c856174..cfea0f7 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -27,3 +27,17 @@ the following terms. are available under the GNU General Public License (GPL), v2, to be found here: licenses.d/gpl.txt + +- Also, I want to clarify one point. If you build a toolchain with crosstool-NG + and you happen to sell, deliver, or otherwise publish this toolchain to a + third party, I consider crosstool-NG as being part of the sources needed to + rebuild the afore-mentioned toolchain, alongside with all other source code + that third party is otherwise entitled to receive, due to other licenses of + the different components. See licenses.d/gpl.txt, section 3, which reads: + > For an executable work, complete source code means [...], plus the + > scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable. + + In short: crosstool-NG is the part refered to as "the scripts to control + compilation and installation of the exectuable", it being the toolchain in + our case; and as such you must make it available, in conformance to the + GPLv2, see above. -- cgit v0.10.2-6-g49f6