Re: [patches] Fw: What license is acceptable for libdecnumber

[Jim Blandy <jimb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter A Eberlein <eberlein@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Also I would like to check in the libdfp code that we currently have. What is
> the recommended process for doing this? Do I need to get permission, or do I
> just svn check in the code and send an email to eglibc-patches? Just so you
> know, the libdfp addon will not build until there is a libdecnumber to go with
> it.

I think it makes sense to get it reviewed before committing.  I assume
it's pretty big; if you can post a link to the code so folks can look
it over, we can get things started.

What is the license on libdfp itself?  The ideal would be LGPLv2, to
match the rest of EGLIBC.  Has its copyright been assigned to the FSF?

For what it's worth, I hear EGLIBC's own v3 transition is waiting on
some policy decisions from the FSF, with no definite timeline.