From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 19 17:54:48 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D3151065672 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:54:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [89.206.35.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 093758FC12 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:54:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5JHskv9008262; Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:54:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id q5JHsjiQ008259; Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:54:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:54:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Fred Morcos In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <402199FE-380B-41B6-866B-7D5D66C457D5@lpthe.jussieu.fr> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:54:46 +0200 (CEST) Cc: David Brodbeck , Michel Talon , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Why Clang X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:54:48 -0000 > I would also guess that the base system is stuck with gcc ~4.1 due to > the GPLv3-ization of later gcc version. Is that correct? true. anyway - can someone point me an article about explaining in human language (contrary to lawyer language) why GPLv3 is more limiting in reality over v2 . Does GPLv3 does force programs you compile with gcc to be GPLed?