From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 21 11:13:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E893106577C for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:13:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C749E8FC12 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:13:20 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=86GbDLi7NS7TegNzg0A2mmhQWIv0QOIIryOgdPqEZ2g= c=1 sm=0 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=FW1Qr0WDXY_ekvWULkQA:9 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=Q/oqmR4JO1zR3vNQamCQeQ==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=neutral Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=neutral; sender-id=neutral Received-SPF: neutral (smtp02.insight.synacor.com: 74.134.26.53 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of insightbb.com) Received: from [74.134.26.53] ([74.134.26.53:46104] helo=localhost) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.40 r(29895/29896)) with ESMTP id CF/D3-12873-263F2EF4; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:11:46 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:11:46 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Antonio Olivares Subject: Re: Why Clang X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:13:21 -0000 Snippet from Antonio Olivares : > I have some friends that develop software. They had released it under > GNU umbrella. Later on, other folks were taking advantage and not > giving back as the license requires. There was little to no way to > enforce the license, he decided to move to other license that > protects his work and let others use it was well with little to no > strings attached. He know uses the CDDL which is also an Open Source > License. He can give you many reasons as to why the GPLv3 is the > wrong way to go. I can ask him for these and other reasons at your > request. Yes, that would be a good idea, not so much for me as for others who want to better understand the licensing issues of GCC compared to Clang. That would help explain why FreeBSD is switching to Clang. Tom