Moin,
Ok, now it gets odd: freehdl is packaged in debian and ships
with the VHDL files of the standard. The copyrigh file
(where debian tracks the licenses of all files in a package)
contains this section[1]:
---schnipp---
In the source ieee directory, several standard VHDL headers say "all rights
reserved". However, these standard headers are actually not copyrightable
because they merely define an interface, and do NOT fall under any category of
copyrightable works as defined by U.S. Code Title 17 §102(a), and in fact is
specifically excluded by §102(b).
---schnapp--
Now I'm seriously confused. If I am not mistaken, the files contain more
than just the interface, but include an implementation of the behavior
as well. Either someone at debian-legal didn't do his work, or it is actually
legal to claim this in the US.
Anyways. This argumentation should work for ghdl as well, shouldn't it?
Attila Kinali
[1]
http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/f/freehdl/freehdl_0.0.8-2.1_copyright
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