On Thursday 29 January 2009 12:49:46 Xin LI wrote: > > The "eligible compilation process" is where you use GCC and GPL > > compatible software. > > > > I think for the FreeBSD project that is fine. > > I agree, this term seems to be targeted to companies behind closed > source optimizers. Speaking for myself, I think FreeBSD would avoid > GPLv3 code where possible to minimize the risk it would introduce to > commercial users of our codebase, we want our code be used by as many > people as possible to better exploit its value. Seems like a fairly marginal case (speaking as someone who ships proprietary software built by GCC running on FreeBSD). I think for the compiler/tool chain GPLv3 is OK, but for example, in libraries it would [very] bad. Luckily I don't see that being a problem for FreeBSD :) -- 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
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