new port for Xtensa processors (bfd files)

[Bob Wilson]

So what do you think the preferred form ought to be in this case?  Most of the 
options are selected by checkboxes, etc. in a GUI.

I've gone to some effort to make sure that these files, although automatically 
generated, are reasonably clear and understandable.  That seems to me to be 
the closest you can get to a "preferred form" in this case.  In fact, in the 
context of binutils development, I think it is overwhelmingly preferable.

On Tuesday 01 April 2003 11:30, DJ Delorie wrote:
> How do you reconcile this with GPL section 3?
>
>   "The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for
>    making modifications to it."
>
> Since this file is obviously not the preferred form for editing, it
> seems to me that the GPL would require that the tools to generate it
> would need to also be available under the GPL.  Otherwise, we'd be
> distributing a file without its source, which is a GPL violation.
>
> > Of course, all versions of the files are licensed under GPL.
>
> If the files aren't the preferred form, then licensing them under the
> GPL is meaningless for us - we can't redistribute it under those terms
> (as we can't redistribute the tools for generating them) so there's no
> point in us accepting them.