Should LLVM become the default D-lang platform?

[Iain Buclaw]

On 13 January 2014 08:07, Joseph Rushton Wakeling
<joseph.wakeling at webdrake.net> wrote:
> 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.

Yah, but s/constraints/freedoms/.  :-)