Update/clarify core@ licensing issues for the quarter
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<ul>
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<li>Importing Concurrency Kit. In consultation with the
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Foundation's legal counsel, it was determined that the
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relevant patents on the 'Read Copy Update' synchronization
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mechanisms have expired, and consequently the import of
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selected parts of concurrency kit was approved.</li>
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Foundation's legal counsel, it was determined that
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importing selected parts of concurrency kit is acceptable,
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and has been approved.</li>
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<li>The proposal to create a shadow GPLv3 toolchain repository
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was put to the community. Ultimately the whole idea has
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been rendered largely redundant by faster than anticipated
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progress at integrating the latest LLVM toolchain on most of
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the interesting system architectures. The goal of a
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GPL-free base system is within our grasp.</li>
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progress on the external toolchain ports and packages for
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those architectures where LLVM is not yet sufficieintly
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mature.</li>
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<li>Reports that GPL code has been pasted into linuxkpi
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sources are under investigation. Core would like to stress
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that great care must be taken to avoid inadvertent license
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infringement, especially when implementing hardware
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interfaces or similar where there is limited scope to invent
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new constants or otherwise make it clear this is a novel
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implementation.</li>
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<li>Concerns were raised about handling GPL code in work in
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progress on the linuxkpi shim. This issue is not related to
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the FreeBSD svn repository but Core would like to stress
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that care must be taken to avoid license infringement and
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plans to write a set of guidelines for handling GPL
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code.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Work on LLVM has thrown up problems with the presence of
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