From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.lib.musl.general/3611 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Isaac Newsgroups: gmane.linux.lib.musl.general Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] PIE support for arm (copyright...) Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 12:23:29 -0700 Message-ID: <20130710192329.GA8092@newbook> References: <1373463541-17170-1-git-send-email-timo.teras@iki.fi> Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373484225 2044 80.91.229.3 (10 Jul 2013 19:23:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:23:45 +0000 (UTC) To: musl@lists.openwall.com Original-X-From: musl-return-3615-gllmg-musl=m.gmane.org@lists.openwall.com Wed Jul 10 21:23:47 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org Original-Received: from mother.openwall.net ([195.42.179.200]) by plane.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UwzzO-0008Sq-Bf for gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:23:46 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 9609 invoked by uid 550); 10 Jul 2013 19:23:45 -0000 Mailing-List: contact musl-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Original-Received: (qmail 9596 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2013 19:23:45 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=lavabit; d=lavabit.com; b=4wx17cAs5UW8ZGOFxcS3B+QttTY1TR1Lnc2pGsChFs/aRPnLzBxd98HPjeJuBo2k8qEmLuSnwtC1OylEVYdi/nDMEfc5HKhw4QbCpszqYSyYV2pnuh8TQr6zRo0fR9i9HeyS5BF0VCGsCiDSoScptAcoozHNCJF6ptXY2avIfGU=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent; Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1373463541-17170-1-git-send-email-timo.teras@iki.fi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.lib.musl.general:3611 Archived-At: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 04:38:59PM +0300, Timo Ter??s wrote: > --- > Originally based on the glibc's implementation, but as this is > very short function (of which only maybe 10 lines are from the > original work), and the rest is modified to suit musl. I believe > we could just place on public domain. (Disclaimer: IANAL) Ick. Don't do that. At least, not without review from a regular glibc contributor/maintainer, Eben Moglen, the author, or another authority who could state that it is the FSF's position that this does not infringe. While it seems minimal, there are other considerations: (0) If a court disagrees and rules that it is copyright infringement, what happens? (1) If it gets publicized, the potential for FUD is huge. (2) Even if it's fair use/de minimis, there is still a risk of legal action. And that alone is a big problem. In fact, the perception of a risk is a problem. Isaac Dunham. > > crt/arm/Scrt1.s | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 crt/arm/Scrt1.s