On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 01:30:09PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > 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 :) > The FSF has not decided what to do about the runtime libraries. These are currently gplv2+link time exception. In the future, the libraries may be gplv3 + some new link time exception. - SteveReceived on Thu Jan 29 2009 - 02:10:12 UTC
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