From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 29 02:13:05 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 2A2CD106566B for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:13:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90C238FC0A for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:13:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from inchoate.localnet (Inchoate.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.30]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n0T2D2pn024427 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:43:02 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:42:52 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.10.3 (Linux/2.6.27-9-generic; KDE/4.1.3; i686; ; ) References: <20090128155340.GA75143@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <7508A5B5-C6D2-498A-AEA1-D84E85F1D743@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <7508A5B5-C6D2-498A-AEA1-D84E85F1D743@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart10919142.Lfm9S8zSC3"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200901291243.00378.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Spam-Score: -3.977 () ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 203.31.81.10 Cc: Michel Talon Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it becomestandard 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: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:13:05 -0000 --nextPart10919142.Lfm9S8zSC3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 29 January 2009 05:20:33 Chuck Swiger wrote: > Evidently, the FSF is now claiming that all object code produced from > GCC 4.2.2 and later is GPLv3-licensed, and only their exception > permits you to distribute executables compiled using an "Eligible > Compilation Process" under the terms of some other license. The "eligible compilation process" is where you use GCC and GPL compatible= =20 software. I think for the FreeBSD project that is fine. IANAL of course :) =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart10919142.Lfm9S8zSC3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBJgRCl5ZPcIHs/zowRAmoSAKCEwRThIYDcsNu03HEI63BQ2jvGawCfSfoI tXgspcm+klG1OqiPHyadtwU= =IfSS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart10919142.Lfm9S8zSC3--