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Date:      Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:21:34 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com>
To:        Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?)
Message-ID:  <749382.92616.qm@web32702.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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( Sorry everyone about my email not wrapping text anymore :( )

----- Original Message ----

> 
> I never took care about GPLv2 and v3
> > differences but know, this seems to come to relevance in some way.
> 
> I don't seem to understand this.  Why should gpl v3 affect the OS?  The
> output of the compiler isn't affected by the license.  Is it?
> 


Perhaps we just want to avoid trouble to our commercial co-developers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSF_vs._Cisco

cheers,

    Pedro.


      



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