SPARC Leon baremetal layer

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 11/29/2011 05:38 PM, Konrad Eisele wrote:
> Joseph S. Myers wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Nov 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>
>>> does libgloss require copyright assignment to the FSF ?
>>
>> Newlib/libgloss are not GNU projects (although judging by copyright.list,
>> some people have completed assignments for them anyway).
>>
>
> in your opinion, is the below statment valid for submission to newlibc then?

IMHO, it should be rejected, for the reasons I already stated in my 
previous mail.

> /****************************************************************************
>
> 		THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT COPYRIGHTED
>
>     AEROFLEX GAISLER offers the following for use in the public domain.  AEROFLEX GAISLER makes no
>     warranty with regard to the software or it's performance and the
>     user accepts the software "AS IS" with all faults.
>
>     AEROFLEX GAISLER DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD
>     TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
>     OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> ****************************************************************************/

You claim your contributions not to be copyrighted: This situation is 
not possible according to international copyright laws (IIRC of head, 
it's the Madrid Convention). It is copyrighted <2011> AEROFLEX GAISLER.

Depending on your personal nationality, your enterprise's nationality or 
contracts this SW was written under, other, further restictions may apply.

Ralf