Adding gdc to gcc

Florian Weimer fw at deneb.enyo.de
Thu Nov 11 22:47:13 PST 2010


* Daniel Gibson:

> Florian Weimer schrieb:

>> 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.

Based on recent postings to the gcc mailing list, I think this is up
to negotiations.


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