Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:54:26 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CLANG vs GCC tests of fortran/f2c program Message-ID: <20120620165425.GA23095@hemlock.hydra> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206200645290.71030@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <402199FE-380B-41B6-866B-7D5D66C457D5@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <854D02B1-CA89-4F5E-8773-DB05F2868D74@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206200618290.46371@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <201206201140.31525.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206200645290.71030@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 06:46:20AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > >>How about leaving politics and getting back to technical grounds? > > > >what is the problem as long as gcc is in the ports tree? > > what is a problem as clang is in the ports tree? I can think of at least one big reason: the FreeBSD base system should favor the 2-clause Simplified BSD License (aka New BSD License aka FreeBSD License) and compatible licenses. GPLvN, where N is *any* version number currently extant, is *not* a compatible license: it is a one-way valve. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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