Using up-to-date GDC [was Re: Swift is based LLVM,what will the D's LDC do?]

[Marco Leise via Digitalmars-d]

Am Thu, 5 Jun 2014 22:47:15 +0200
schrieb Johannes Pfau <nospam at example.com>:

> archlinux has a 'pragmatic' approach regarding licenses & patents
> anyway. They also ship libdvdcss, mesa with "--enable-texture-float",
> all multimedia codec packages are in the standard repos etc.

On Gentoo, due to the compile-from-source mentality the user
has the option to enable patented algorithms for their
personal use. Enabling these flags comes with a warning, that
the resulting binaries must not be redistributed. That way the
distribution stays safe from legal issues and the end user
doesn't miss out on relevant features. (Unless their hatred
for software patents makes them unable to swallow their pride,
that is :) )

-- 
Marco