This is the debian package of the GNU assembler, linker, and binary utilities compiled for cross development for the msp430 processor. The patchset was created by Luca Bruno from the git repository of by the mspgcc project, based on the original binutils source packages. msp430 original changes are available through git http://mspgcc.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb-index.cgi Original binutils are available via the binutils-source package or at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/binutils/ mspgcc patches follow binutils original copyright, as declared by the author clarifying the license of the patch-set: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.texas-instruments.msp430.gcc.user/9161 """ From: Peter Bigot Subject: copyright on upstream patches Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:30:34 -0600 In all the excitement of getting the new version out, I forgot I'd been asked to provide a header on the patch files that apply to the upstream distributions (binutils, gcc, gdb) explicitly noting that the material therein was copyright Free Software Foundation and subject to licensing restrictions of the upstream distribution (presumably GPL). This is consistent with everything I've been able to find in the source repositories from CVS onward. """ GNU Binutils is Copyright © 1990-2011, Free Software Foundation, Inc. The entire package is distributed under GPL-3+: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.