Toolchain alpha release

John Lee john_lee at openmoko.com
Mon Dec 10 13:04:16 CET 2007


On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 09:55:00AM +0100, Koen Kooi wrote:
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> John Lee schreef:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > i686 version is released as well.
> > 
> > http://downloads.openmoko.org/toolchains/
> 
> As I pointed out to Mickey last week, you can't legally distribute that
> toolchain for a number of reasons:
> 
> * You use autotools.bbclass almost verbatin, but don't include OE's
> COPYING.MIT
> * ipkg-utils is GPL, but there's no trace of that fact in the toolchain,
> even if you include files from it.
> 
> Most toolchains I encounter come with a document detailing the include
> items and their licenses, dunno if that's mandatory, but it certainly
> would be nice to have.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Koen
> 
> 

Hi Koen,

Thanks for pointing out that.  I have updated the tarballs in question
and will consult someone appropriate to know if further modificaions
are required.

Cheers,
John




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