[PATCH v2] powerpc: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF
Richard Fontana
rfontana at redhat.com
Sat Jul 12 09:25:44 AEST 2025
On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM Segher Boessenkool
<segher at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 05:02:18PM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote:
> > while this one:
> >
> > * As a special exception, if you link this library with files
> > * compiled with GCC to produce an executable, this does not cause
> > * the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
> > * This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why
> > * the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
> >
> > does not seem to be in the SPDX exception list. It is very similar to
> > `GNU-compiler-exception` except it specifically mentions GCC instead
> > of saying "a GNU compiler".
>
> https://spdx.org/licenses/GNU-compiler-exception.html
>
> is exactly this.
No, because `GNU-compiler-exception` as defined here
https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/blob/main/src/exceptions/GNU-compiler-exception.xml
assumes use of the term "GCC" rather than "a GNU compiler".
Richard
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