From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 00:16:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 793ED106578F for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:16:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eitanadlerlist@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4491D8FC08 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:16:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eitanadlerlist@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so12428630rvf.43 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:16:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :from; bh=w2jnYqeP0VbD3+ajJR4xmcbA5wtbvCrP1tZ4Hl1x28k=; b=WmKrsjD7n7ncil6LbTasGUoeKxi2UYsy+U8lPYYG2C0AdbfvASS2py/3rJ1+JbiS8I b4kLvrVf0qy2XAlX9mM+1g0j6XUwVEfkJOj2QQcxzXiKJmgXBK/Z+fB6XVOlrjAcyDoD DmYhLNtmuRch/f0pWX2tY0H6Beee611Fa01o0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:from; b=X91hKccS+aRuIwcSd8KpC0yjlLovA1WhzYBmymL+dcTandc4guZTDIt9zSy1/9FFqr OvQaMBQhVGZG9aKTnE0mZRha9rF4e7xUcHIPGrZxCcHoAgDMLiWnoZ+UWEgNMwlo3FaG o17sHQuaxiF4JKSWljdx2KFNPC3MIiXYbNPmI= Received: by 10.142.203.19 with SMTP id a19mr12595588wfg.310.1231805768959; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:16:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from aargh.lan (ool-182fcc8b.dyn.optonline.net [24.47.204.139]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 31sm544609wff.43.2009.01.12.16.16.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:16:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <496BDD3E.1000507@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:15:58 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; ) Gecko Thunderbird Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith References: <20090112094429.GA87628@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <496B46D6.6060403@math.missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <496B46D6.6060403@math.missouri.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=E9C2CCD1; url=pgp.mit.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eitan Adler Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Michel Talon Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:16:10 -0000 > As for Michel's point that the results of the compilation are not > covered by GPL - this seems to be stated explicitly in the GPLv3 license. Which is my question. Why do we need update the compiler when the license shouldn't matter? Has anyone asked the FSF about this issue anyway? Does the FSF claim that the output of the compiler becomes "free" software? > > Stephen > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Eitan Adler "Security is increased by designing for the way humans actually behave." -Jakob Nielsen