List Info

Thread: Re: GDB Stub & GPL question




Re: GDB Stub & GPL question
user name
2007-01-31 12:17:13
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

> On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 07:02:04AM -0800, veenu khanna
wrote:
>> Hello
>> I have a question regarding implementing a remote
stub. Say we have to implement/extend a stub for x86
architecture with our own OS.
>> IN section for "Implementing a remote stub
(Section 17.5.3)" in "Debugging with GDB"
document there is a point
>> "Make sure you have a serial connection
between your target machine and the gdb host,
>> and identify the serial port on the host."
>>
>> Does this mean that GDB on host and GDB agent/stub
on the target can only talk on a serial port ?
>>
>> Another question is regarding GPL...
>> some part of stub code will be residing in our
kernel which is proprietary.
>> Does that mean we will have to release the code for
kernel as well ?
>
> If you copy the stub from the GDB source tree, then yes
you would
> have a GPL problem.  I recommend writing one from
scratch, instead,
> based on the documentation - that's what most people
seem to do.
> The examples in GDB are quite old.
>
thats stange - considering the boilerplate on
gdb-6.6/gdb/*-stub.c
clearly stating:


                 THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT COPYRIGHTED


how does that fit with there being a GPL problem ? - if
there really is
then these headers sould be changed as the expectation is
clearly 
different.

hofrat
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFFwN0rnU7rXZKfY2oRAnzRAJ401TITCfM+qMaNkuYi/QKnOo174gCf
WeIM
GgGViqckwv7Fy99KGVCvaQY=
=8U8j
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Re: GDB Stub & GPL question
user name
2007-01-31 13:13:34
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 07:17:13PM +0100, Nicholas Mc Guire
wrote:
> thats stange - considering the boilerplate on
gdb-6.6/gdb/*-stub.c
> clearly stating:
> 
> 
>                 THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT COPYRIGHTED
> 
> 
> how does that fit with there being a GPL problem ? - if
there really is
> then these headers sould be changed as the expectation
is clearly 
> different.

Then I was mistaken; sorry.

Answers on this list obviously do not qualify as legal
advice; if you
have a concern, ask the FSF or your own lawyers.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

[1-2]

about | contact  Other archives ( Real Estate discussion Medical topics )