Hi, I've filled an ITP[1] on a freehdl. The upstream authors licensed it as GPL, but I've found in the source tarball one vhdl header file ( ieee/numeric_bit.vhdl), with this copyright message: ############################# -- Copyright 1995 by IEEE. All rights reserved. -- -- This source file is considered by the IEEE to be an essential part of the use -- of the standard 1076.3 and as such may be distributed without change, except -- as permitted by the standard. This source file may not be sold or distributed -- for profit. This package may be modified to include additional data required -- by tools, but must in no way change the external interfaces or simulation -- behaviour of the description. It is permissible to add comments and/or -- attributes to the package declarations, but not to change or delete any -- original lines of the approved package declaration. The package body may be -- changed only in accordance with the terms of clauses 7.1 and 7.2 of the -- standard. -- -- Title : Standard VHDL Synthesis Package (1076.3, NUMERIC_BIT) ... ############################## This file is needed to use any vhdl compiling/simulation tool, and I've later noticed that ghdl [2], already accepted in Debian, contains more vhdl headers, and even body vhdl copyrighted files that are delivered as binary libraries, i.e. object files. I've filled a bug[3] trying to clarify ghdl situation too. So, in short, I'm not legally expert at all, and specially if the text is not in my native language, so I would like to know if somebody could help me to clarify the situation of: - uploading freehdl (with one vhdl header) to main (noticing the ieee copyrighted file in debian/copyright) - uploading it to non-free - how this can affect to ghdl, already in main and ready to be released with Etch. Thanks in advance, José L. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=389797 [2] http://packages.debian.org/stable/source/ghdl [3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=403621
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