Adding gdc to gcc

Mandeep Singh Brar mandeep at brars.co.in
Mon May 23 06:14:56 PDT 2011


* 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.

Is this still on?



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