[Buildroot] [PATCH v5 01/19] reproducible: fix DATE/TIME macros in toolchain-wrapper
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Wed Feb 8 14:29:27 UTC 2017
>>>>> "Jérôme" == Jérôme Pouiller <jezz at sysmic.org> writes:
>> Yes, if the function is considered large and and original enough to be
>> considered copyrightable - Afterall it is just a getenv + strtoll and a
>> bit of error checking.
> I am not a lawyer, but my code is clearly a "derivative work" of
> get_source_date_epoch() from gcc.
Neither am I. I guess the question is if that function contains
"substantial amount of creative work" to make it copyrightable.
> What do you prefer?
> 1. Revert and rewrite function: it is not a big amount of work.
But it is hard to claim that your reimplementation isn't a derrived work
of get_source_date_epoch() - I mean, there is a limit to how many
different ways you can write getenv + strtoll and a bit of error
handling.
> 2. Postpone problem: Buildroot also contains patches under GPLv3 and
> anyway, users will use a GPLv3 compiler.
I think that is the most sensible thing to do. What do others say?
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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