Paul Eggert wrote: > On 09/05/11 16:41, Karl Berry wrote: >> There are a few files in gnulib that are not copyright of the FSF, >> >> There are? > > Yes, there are. I expect there are several trivial files without > any copyright notices (and which are public domain) but I just now > audited gnulib for files that are copyright by someone other than the > FSF and found the following. Most seem benign, but the last entry > may be problematic. > > build-aux/install-sh is copyrighted by X Consortium with an MIT license.
>From what I recall, for a build tool like this it's not as important. > build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in is copyrighted by Ulrich Drepper and > "can be copied and used freely without restrictions" (effectively > public domain) This is a Makefile snippet. Isn't that ok? > lib/fts_.h, lib/fts.c, lib/random_r.c are copyright by the Regents of the > University of California with a modified BSD license. These initially came from glibc. > lib/cosl.h, lib/asinl.c, lib/sinl.c, lib/acosl.c, lib/trigl.c, > lib/tanl.c, are copyright Sun Microsystems with an MIT-like license. And these. > lib/atanl.c and lib/logl.c are copyright Stephen L. Moshier under GPLv3 > or later. And these. > lib/inet_ntop.c and lib/inet_pton.c are copyright Internet Software Consortium > with an MIT-like license. Also glibc-derived. > lib/filevercmp.[ch] are copyright Ian Jackson and Anthony Towns under GPLv3 > or later. If it's really so important, we can ask them to assign copyright to the FSF. > lib/gc.h is copyright Simon Josefsson under the GPLv2 or later. I suspect that Simon will be happy to adjust that. > lib/git-merge-changelog.c is copyright Bruno Haible under GPLv2 or > later. This is a separate application. > tests/unigbrk/GraphemeBreakTest.txt and tests/uninorm/NormalizationTest.txt > are copyright Unicode, Inc. under the Unicode Terms of Use > <http://www.unicode.org/terms_of_use.html>. Hmmm, those > terms don't seem to allow changes, which would not be free software. These seem to be mere test inputs. Is the license unacceptable even for them?