Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?)

From: Pedro F. Giffuni <giffunip_at_tutopia.com> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:21:34 -0800 (PST) · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:39:40 UTC

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> 
> I never took care about GPLv2 and v3
> > differences but know, this seems to come to relevance in some way.
> 
> I don't seem to understand this.  Why should gpl v3 affect the OS?  The
> output of the compiler isn't affected by the license.  Is it?
> 

Perhaps we just want to avoid trouble to our commercial co-developers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSF_vs._Cisco

cheers,

    Pedro.