Adding gdc to gcc

Daniel Gibson metalcaedes at gmail.com
Thu Nov 11 13:48:01 PST 2010


Florian Weimer schrieb:
> * Walter Bright:
> 
>> In other words, any changes in gdc that affect the front end should be
>> given to Digital Mars, I will transfer the copyright to FSF, and get
>> the license back. Otherwise, I cannot fold in those changes.
> 
> In this case, it might be simpler to contribute and maintain the
> frontend under a less restrictive license, perhaps something
> BSD-style.  (I'm assuming that the primary reason to choose the GPL
> was compatibility with GCC, which might not be the case.)

No, because GCC (or the FSF) wants to use the GPL with them having the copyright.


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