Licencing policy for gdb Python plugins

Stan Shebs stanshebs@earthlink.net
Tue Jul 10 14:19:00 GMT 2012


On 7/10/12 3:33 PM, Joachim Protze wrote:
> Hi,
>
> while the discussion in the last session of the GNU cauldron, the
> question raised, whether there is a licencing policy for Python plugins,
> as there is a quite strict policy for gcc plugins. As no one in the
> audience had an opinion to this question, I think the gdb developers
> attended the other track. Searching the wiki, the mailinglist and the
> web I did not find any hints for a policy. Is there any policy or
> recommendation?
>

Sorry, some of us were off in a different room and didn't notice the time!

In any case, I don't recall much thought about a GDB plugin licensing 
policy, but I imagine there would have to be a pretty strong rationale 
for it to differ from the GCC policy.

Stan Shebs
stan@codesourcery.com



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