Date: 15 Mar 1999 21:12:09 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: License nightmare Message-ID: <xzp90cyms12.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Donald Wilde's message of "Mon, 15 Mar 1999 13:08:54 -0700" References: <36ED1F21.12E97D6D@thuntek.net> <xzpogluo9e0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <36ED68D6.C7820CAD@thuntek.net>
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Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> writes: > Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> writes: > > > If GNU gcc is GPL, is FreeBSD in violation, or is it just 'including > > > source' and not 'using' that requires disclosure of sources? > > Where did you get the idea that we did not distribute the gcc sources? > No, I mean the sources of code that is generated with gcc. The GPL could > be interpreted to mean that binaries created using gcc as a tool are > subject to the license. If I'm just having bad dreams needlessly, please > tell me so. :-) Richard Stallman has very specificly stated that this is not the case. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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