Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH, RFT] Update i386-dis.c from binutils 2.17

[Alexander Graf]

On 29.10.2008, at 17:52, Laurent Desnogues wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Blue Swirl <address@hidden>  
> wrote:
> > This very lightly tested patch updates i386-dis.c from binutils 2.17.
> > If someone can test it more thoroughly and declare that the patch is
> > useful and it does not break anything, I may apply it.
>
> Out of curiosity why did you base it on 2.17?  This lacks 50 commits
> that were done before the switch to GPLv3.  I can understand one
> might feel uncomfortable using a random CVS revision, I would feel
> so :)

Can't we just ask the binutils committers after that commit if they'd  
agree to license their work under GPLv2+, including an explanation why  
we're having a problem here?

Just wondering - sorry if there already is a discussion going on with  
these guys that I didn't catch.

Alex