Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:22:25 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Reko Turja <reko.turja@pp.inet.fi> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenWatcom (was Re: GCC as a selling point for FreeBSD? (Not!)) Message-ID: <3E2DD631.BAAFC804@mindspring.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030119130825.00b21ee0@localhost><4.3.2.7.2.20030119133833.00e422f0@localhost><200301201620.37863.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au><3E2B89EC.4000107@kanga.org> <xzpd6mqy7br.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <005801c2c174$05513390$0a06a8c0@reko>
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Reko Turja wrote: > Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> wrote > > GCC's way of handling inline assembler code is in no way unique, as > > anyone who had the pleasure of using Watcom C/C++ will testify. > > Speaking of Watcom, the OpenWatcom project has progressed to 1.0 and at > the moment already has some sort of support for Alpha CPU's as well as > Linux. And at the present there is bit of talk on OW newsgroups > concerning where to add FreeBSD headers & libraries. But AFAIK there are > no BSD developers in the project yet... > > More info can be found on their website www.openwatcom.org http://openwatcom.org/license_info/open_watcom_lic.html Oversimplified: 1) Similar to GPL, but... 2) Better written, to eliminate most GPL loopholes 3) Adds a patent grant 4) No opt-out on subsequent versions of the license, which means Sybase can change terms on existing code, going forward -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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