Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:43:13 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clang - what is the story? Message-ID: <20120121154313.53d3fec6@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20120121133506.7bcfaec9@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <4F1AAB66.5070100@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120121133506.7bcfaec9@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:35:06 +0000 RW wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:11:18 +1000 > Da Rock wrote: > > > 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. I was just wondering what would have happened if Apple hadn't backed clang/LLVM as BSD licensed projects. Was there a plan B (other than gcc 4.2.1) or did Apple save the *BSD world?
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