Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:05:20 -0500 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com> Cc: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gcc Message-ID: <AANLkTikAiVMB9A87oUynL0KVZsdMvRQSYVuFPDih4dca@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b795a12e-5183-4f15-bb85-f1195e33cbd5@email.android.com> References: <ca77572a-c5aa-4c7c-818a-9684d0b5a907@email.android.com> <AANLkTim=miix3V_=TSR4pBraSGV6YuvDy6H-z0D4wKwJ@mail.gmail.com> <b795a12e-5183-4f15-bb85-f1195e33cbd5@email.android.com>
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com> wrote: > Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > >>On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com> wrote: >> >>> When will we bump the version of gcc? On my fresh 8.2 build it is >>4.2.1. >>> The ports tree has newer, up to 4.7.0 dated 19 Mar 2011. >>> >> >>Probably never, as GPL 3 code isn't allowed in the base system. > ... > > Can someone point me to an official position statement on this ban on GPL3 code in FreeBSD? Doesn't seem right to me. And please, no GPL flame wars. > -- > Clang/LLVM has an active development base and a clear future http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2010-05/msg00409.html Not official, but this may be of help? http://wiki.freebsd.org/201005ToolchainSummitSummary Hope this helps in some way. Regards, Antonio
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