Re: [Ltib] CodeSourcery 2010.09-55 toolchain update

[Mike Goins]

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Stuart Hughes <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> The problem is that if that rpm contains proprietary components who's
> license does not permit redistribution, it would not be possible to host
> this (legally) on the GPP without permission of CodeSourcery.


Strange, that seems to go against the spirit of the GPL (which
primarily protects distribution).

So I wonder.   If one was to remove the proprietary binaries from the
archive, would it be permissible to redistribute?

Why couldn't someone just re-create the same toolchain? Is there
something special about CS's toolchain?  Doesn't look like it, but I
have only built a handful.




> If they gave permission then it would be okay to host it on the GPP.
>
> Regards, Stuart
>
> On 05/08/11 14:02, Matt Wilbur wrote:
>>
>> For the linux powerpc toolchain, I believe there are no proprietary
>> components.  For their PPC bare metal, they provide some startup code (CS3),
>> and for some platforms they provide a "sprite" for debugging.  Also, their
>> Eclipse plugins are proprietary.  But for linux builds, all you are using
>> are binutils, gcc (and friends) and newlib, none of which are proprietary.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> On 2011-08-05, at 8:57 AM, Gernot Hillier wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Stuart!
>>>
>>> Sure, that's freescale-powerpc-linux-gnu-2010.09-55.i686.rpm, downloaded
>>> from this site:
>>>
>>> http://www.codesourcery.com/sgpp/lite/power/portal/release1571
>>>
>>> If direct link doesn't work, follow this path:
>>>
>>> www.codesourcery.com>  Products>  Sourcery Codebench>  Editions>  Lite>
>>>  Power>  Downloads>  GNU/Linux.
>>>
>>> After installing this RPM, there is
>>> /opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.5.55-eglibc-2.11.55/powerpc-linux-gnu/share/doc/freescale-powerpc-linux-gnu/LICENSE.txt
>>> which speaks about "CodeSourcery Proprietary Components". And it's not clear
>>> to me whether this RPM contains such components or not.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Gernot
>>>
>>> Am 24.07.2011 18:57, schrieb Stuart Hughes:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Gernot,
>>>>
>>>> Can you point me to the link for the toolchain and also the place where
>>>> the license restrict distribution.  AFAIK normally CodeSourcery "lite"
>>>> toolchains allow redistribution.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Stuart
>>>>
>>>> On 15/07/11 13:50, Gernot Hillier wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear all!
>>>>>
>>>>> The attached patch contains the settings for the current CodeSourcery
>>>>> toolchain for e300c3 platforms.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, please note I didn't test it yet with current LTIB CVS as
>>>>> there
>>>>> seems to be a license issue for using it: the CodeSourcery license
>>>>> doesn't allow me to distribute the RPM, so I can't upload it to GPP.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you put this to GPP? If yes, I can happily test the patch with
>>>>> current LTIB and probalby post an update.
>>>>>
>>>
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