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Article #1809Re: HP debug info and the FSF (was: Attaching gdb to a running process on an HP)
From: Steve Peltz
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:07
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:07
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In article <FRANL.93Jan27115049@draco.centerline.com> franl@centerline.com (Fran Litterio) writes: >I thought that HP was refusing to "free" its debugger symbol table >format (specifically the header file that defines all of the debugger >symbol data structures). That would mean no Gnu product can read or >write HP debug info, because the FSF won't use code that isn't free, >and because HP won't let their debug info format be given away under >the FSF Copyleft. Assuming the header files are available on any HP systems that you'd want to use it on, there wouldn't be any problem. Remember the GPL clause that excepts libraries and header files that are normally distributed with the operating system and compiler (I may be misquoting slightly, but I'm sure I have the general intent). -- Steve Peltz Internet: peltz@cerl.uiuc.edu PLATO/NovaNET: peltz/s/cerl
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Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.sys.hp Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!gatech!udel!bogus.sura.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!peltz From: peltz@cerl.uiuc.edu (Steve Peltz) Subject: Re: HP debug info and the FSF (was: Attaching gdb to a running process on an HP) References: <1993Jan24.205213.14915@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <HUTTAR.93Jan25164454@hp750.itg.ti.com> <FRANL.93Jan27115049@draco.centerline.com> Message-ID: <C1J3vs.Lzy@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner) Organization: Computer Based Education Research Lab - University of Illinois Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:07:03 GMT Lines: 16