Re: [RFC] what should we do about COPYING?

[Pedro Alves <pedro at codesourcery dot com>]

On Friday 18 December 2009 17:33:59, Michael Snyder wrote:
> Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > Michael Snyder pointed out that gdb/COPYING contains the GPLv2,
> > whereas GDB is now under GPLv3. I was simply going to replace the
> > contents of COPYING with the GPLv3, except that I noticed an
> > inconsistent resolution depending on the project. For instance:
> > 
> >   - In the root directory, we have COPYING (v2) and COPYING3 (v3);
> >   - In bfd, we have COPYING that contains the GPL v3.
> > 
> > I personally do not see the point of keeping the GPL v2 around,
> > and thus suggest that we replace the contents COPYING rather than
> > adding an extra file named COPYING3.  Note that we have a couple
> > of extra copies in the sim directory as well.
> > 
> 
> I agree.  v2 COPYING should just go.

Note that there is code in sim that is v2 or later, copyrighted Andrew Cagney, not FSF.

Also, in gdb/ it appears some new gplv2 or later files have crept
in:

 >grep "version 2 of" * -rn
 ChangeLog-2003:15347:   again by default on systems with version 2 of the GNU C library.
 configure:1605:                          systems with version 2 of the GNU C library (use
 configure.ac:928:  AS_HELP_STRING([--without-included-regex], [don't use included regex; this is the default on systems with version 2 of the GNU C library (use with caution on other  system)]),
 COPYING:299:    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 darwin-nat-info.c:11:   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 doc/Makefile.in:9:# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 doc/gpl.texi:359:the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 doc/observer.texi:14:@c Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
 features/Makefile:7:# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 regformats/regdat.sh:103:   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 solib-spu.c:10:   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 spu-multiarch.c:10:   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 testsuite/gdb.ada/gnat_ada.gpr:5:--  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 testsuite/gdb.java/jprint.java:13:// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 testsuite/gdb.base/source-error.gdb:7:# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 testsuite/gdb.base/gcore-buffer-overflow.c:7:   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
 testsuite/gdb.base/gcore-buffer-overflow.exp:5:# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 testsuite/gdb.base/watch_thread_num.c:7:   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-async.exp:5:# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 testsuite/gdb.modula2/unbounded-array.exp:5:# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 testsuite/gdb.modula2/unbounded1.c:7:   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or

What's the story behind gpl.texi?

-- 
Pedro Alves