Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:35:06 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clang - what is the story? Message-ID: <20120121133506.7bcfaec9@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <4F1AAB66.5070100@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <4F1AAB66.5070100@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:11:18 +1000 Da Rock wrote: > I've been seeing a lot of hoorays and pats on the back and a general > feeling satisfaction in being able to use clang to compile FreeBSD > and ports. The only reason I can see from searching is a need to get > away from gcc (which is tried and tested since the beginning of time) > which is now apparently GPLv3. > > Can someone offer some clarity as to the importance of this? I'm > guessing the that stepping away from GPL is generally a good thing, > especially if there is something similar with similar license > structure to BSD; I just can't understand the rush of it. > > Even under GPL anything built using gcc can be licensed as you like, > so I doubt it could be that. It is that. I don't know the details, but GPLv3 is sufficiently more viral that recent gcc versions can't be used as the base system compiler. We're currently stuck with a version from 2007.
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