Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 11:08:51 -0700 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why Clang Message-ID: <CAOgwaMvC_z_n7_ARU0j2C7Rssx8SnxAw_WcfBEYgtJp15x1xNQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFuo_fwgVC9QHd2o3nWYqYnd3-VkSq%2BPMp14XhdjLKjLgzgSAw@mail.gmail.com> References: <4FCF9333.70201@speakeasy.org> <CAFuo_fwgVC9QHd2o3nWYqYnd3-VkSq%2BPMp14XhdjLKjLgzgSAw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 6, 2012 10:32 AM, "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@speakeasy.org> wrote: > > > > Has the discussion on why change to clang been made available? > > > > I would like to know the reasoning. > > > > Or, is it simply a gratuitous change? > > > > Tom Dean > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > i believe it at least partially has to do with license. FreeBSD does not > "ship" (maybe correct word?) with any GPLv3 licensed software. > > Waitman Gobble > San Jose California USA > Because commercial companies using FreeBSD in their proprietary products are NOT willing to use GPL v3 licensed software due to severe restrictions which commercial companies can NOT fulfill in their proprietary products . If FreeBSD uses GPL v3 software in its production , it will lost commercial company supporters and users base . This my understanding from previously read messages . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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