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Re: what happened to COPYING.newlib in the tarball?
>
> > Is this a proper interpretation of the intent of the coders ? If the
> > answer is "you need to ask your lawyer", I understand, but I'm more asking
> > "what were people thinking" instead of "what can I get away with".
>
> I was never made aware that my code had been used in newlib when it
> was first copied (not that I mind). Let's see...
>
> i386/setjmp: still resembles the original a little
> h8300hms/sys/file.h: too trivial to worry about.
> sysmec/access.c: ditto.
> sysnecv850/access.c: ditto.
>
> I'm willing to turn copyright over on these files so that the generic
> newlib license applies. Hey, anything to get my old address out of
> the sources ;-) (I've had three other addresses since that one)
Just a nit, once code is under the GPL, can you change the license?
sps