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Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>,
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Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become
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> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:15:58 -0500
> From: Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com>
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> 
> > 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?

Smells like FUD to me. In all of my reading, I have never seen such a
claim. There may be some GPLv3 issues, but I seriously doubt this is
one.
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