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CodeSourcery's licensing of newlib files
- From: freddie_chopin <freddie_chopin at op dot pl>
- To: "newlib at sourceware dot org" <newlib at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 15:03:55 +0200
- Subject: CodeSourcery's licensing of newlib files
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Hello!
Currently I have an opportunity to work with CodeSourcery's ARM toolchains in the "full" (paid) version. The thing that caught my eye is the strange license of the header files, that are - of course - newlib files...
stdint.h
---
/* This file is part of the CodeSourcery C Library (CSLIBC).
Copyright (c) 2009 CodeSourcery, Inc.
THIS FILE CONTAINS PROPRIETARY, CONFIDENTIAL, AND TRADE SECRET
INFORMATION OF CODESOURCERY AND/OR ITS LICENSORS.
You may not use, modify or distribute this file without the express
written permission of CodeSourcery or its authorized
distributor. Please consult your license agreement for the
applicable terms and conditions. */
/*
* Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 by
* Ralf Corsepius, Ulm/Germany. All rights reserved.
*
* Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software
* is freely granted, provided that this notice is preserved.
*/
...
---
stdio.h:
---
/* This file is part of the CodeSourcery C Library (CSLIBC).
Copyright (c) 2009 CodeSourcery, Inc.
THIS FILE CONTAINS PROPRIETARY, CONFIDENTIAL, AND TRADE SECRET
INFORMATION OF CODESOURCERY AND/OR ITS LICENSORS.
You may not use, modify or distribute this file without the express
written permission of CodeSourcery or its authorized
distributor. Please consult your license agreement for the
applicable terms and conditions. */
/*
* Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
* provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
* duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
* advertising materials, and other materials related to such
* distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
* by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the
* University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
* from this software without specific prior written permission.
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
* WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*
* @(#)stdio.h 5.3 (Berkeley) 3/15/86
*/
/*
* NB: to fit things in six character monocase externals, the
* stdio code uses the prefix `__s' for stdio objects, typically
* followed by a three-character attempt at a mnemonic.
*/
...
---
and so on... Can they attach sth like that to newlib's files?
Regards,
FCh