Should LLVM become the default D-lang platform?

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On Saturday, 11 January 2014 at 20:38:32 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
wrote:
> On 2014-01-10 23:16, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
>
>> Yes, but there's a difference between "restrictive" and 
>> "intrusive".
>> Using GDC doesn't intrude into anything -- the standard 
>> libraries are
>> still Boost-licensed and simply _using_ a GPL'd piece of 
>> software
>> doesn't place any obligations on you.
>
> The way Apple has integrated Clang into Xcode would never be 
> possible with GCC since that would require Apple to release 
> Xcode under the GPL license.

Right, but they are not merely using -- they are redistributing 
(and distributing derivative works).  The GPL places certain 
constraints here, I think we can all agree, but it can hardly be 
described as "intrusive"; there's no obligation to base one's 
work on GPL-licensed code.