License for \newlib\libc\time\

[Heiko]

Dear Jeff,

if I understand aright I must copy the first and second licence to my
documentaion.
The first because of "Red Hat Licence" and the second because "Red Hat
Licence" correlates to "BSD".

Is this right?

WBR
Heiko

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:26:02 -0500, "Jeff Johnston"
<jjohnstn@redhat.com> said:
> Heiko wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I use some functions from "\newlib\libc\time\mktime.c" and
> > "\newlib\libc\time\mktm_r.c"
> >
> > Can someone tell me, which copyrights/licenses I must copy to my
> > src/documentation? Must I copy the whole COPYING.NEWLIB or is it enough
> > to copy the licenses which are relevant for the used functions? 
> > But then I must know, which licenses is relevant for the respective
> > functions.
> >
> > Thanks ans wbr
> > Heiko
> >
> >   
> 
> You only need licences relative to the code you have chosen to
> use/modify.
> 
> You should keep the source headers in the code and add whatever 
> modification message you want
> for any changes you make.
> 
> Newlib originated at Cygnus Solutions and was shipped as part of 
> embedded tool sets.  The files you mention  were originally 
> added/created before my time at Cygnus Solutions and do not have 
> specific licences in them.  Normally, files without licences originally 
> added in the early Cygnus days (see the earliest ChangeLog entry) are 
> assumed to be Cygnus and now owned by Red Hat, which is the first 
> licence in COPYING.NEWLIB.  In this case we are given the authors.  The 
> Arthur David Olson tz code referred to by mktm_r.c is mentioned on the 
> net as public domain.  G. Haley (author of mktime.c) is Graham Haley and 
> his contribution to Cygnus is noted in the libc documentation so you 
> will need the Red Hat licence.
> 
> -- Jeff J.

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