Etienne Gagnon writes: > Matthias Klose wrote: > > why do you think it's derivative work? It's IMO clear, that libffi > > comes with it's own license (fastjar as well). sure you can build > > libffi without building gcc: > > > > cd libffi; ./configure; make > > > > I don't see any RC bug here. > > It's not as simple, unfortunately. > > The following does not work: > > $ apt-get source libffi2 > $ cd gcc-3.3-3.3.2ds4/ > $ tar -xjvf gcc-3.3.2.tar.bz2 gcc-3.3.2/libffi > $ cd gcc-3.3.2/libffi/ > $ ./configure > creating cache ./config.cache > checking for Cygwin environment... no > checking for mingw32 environment... no > configure: error: can not find install-sh or install.sh in ../.. ./../.. > $ > > So, there are build dependencies on code outside of gcc-3.3.2/libffi/. > > The libffi license only applies to files within this directory, if am > not mistaken.
install-sh does have the following license. if libffi does need any other files, please check the files for the license. # Copyright (C) 1994 X Consortium # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to # deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the # rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or # sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE # X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN # AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNEC- # TION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. # # Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not # be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other deal- # ings in this Software without prior written authorization from the X Consor- # tium. # # # FSF changes to this file are in the public domain.