[patch ping2] Simulator Supports for MIPS32 DSP ASE

Daniel Jacobowitz drow@false.org
Mon Oct 10 23:47:00 GMT 2005


On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 02:36:47PM +0100, Nigel Stephens wrote:
> It does seem to be accepted that the individual machine-specific 
> directories will continue to contain code with "assorted" copyrights. 
> Maybe this was felt to be necessary to encourage CPU manufacturers to 
> contribute code which might have been derived from their own proprietary 
> simulators, and who therefore wanted to retain copyright in order to 
> protect their tools from malicious claims.

Andrew has corrected me off-list: new, non-FSF contributions are not
acceptable.  I entirely support that position.  Is this going to be a
problem for MIPS?

The possible explanation that you provide does not seem credible to me,
but I'm not qualified to discuss it; we can refer any issues to the
FSF's counsel.

[Meanwhile, Eric, when this is settled I intend to approve the code
changes; if you feel like reviewing it after the fact, I'm sure MIPS
will be able to correct any problems.]

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC



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