Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF

Richard Fontana <[email protected]> Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:25:44 -0400

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On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM Segher Boessenkool
<[email protected]> 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