Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:42:52 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Michel Talon <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it becomestandard compiler?) Message-ID: <200901291243.00378.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <7508A5B5-C6D2-498A-AEA1-D84E85F1D743@mac.com> References: <20090128155340.GA75143@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <7508A5B5-C6D2-498A-AEA1-D84E85F1D743@mac.com>
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--nextPart10919142.Lfm9S8zSC3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 29 January 2009 05:20:33 Chuck Swiger wrote: > Evidently, the FSF is now claiming that all object code produced from > GCC 4.2.2 and later is GPLv3-licensed, and only their exception > permits you to distribute executables compiled using an "Eligible > Compilation Process" under the terms of some other license. The "eligible compilation process" is where you use GCC and GPL compatible= =20 software. I think for the FreeBSD project that is fine. IANAL of course :) =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart10919142.Lfm9S8zSC3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBJgRCl5ZPcIHs/zowRAmoSAKCEwRThIYDcsNu03HEI63BQ2jvGawCfSfoI tXgspcm+klG1OqiPHyadtwU= =IfSS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart10919142.Lfm9S8zSC3--
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