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From: Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:19:33 -1000
To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: gcc
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Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com> wrote:
>
>> When will we bump the version of gcc? On my fresh 8.2 build it is
>4.2.1.
>> The ports tree has newer, up to 4.7.0 dated 19 Mar 2011.
>>
>
>Probably never, as GPL 3 code isn't allowed in the base system. 
...

Can someone point me to an official position statement on this ban on GPL3 code in FreeBSD? Doesn't seem right to me. And please, no GPL flame wars.
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