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Re: [DotGNU]Licence question about GNU and GCC
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Norbert Bollow |
Subject: |
Re: [DotGNU]Licence question about GNU and GCC |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Mar 2002 15:22:31 +0100 |
James Michael DuPont <address@hidden> wrote:
> It seems to me that one possible step will be to make
> the AST interface as a SOAP service, and to link that
> directly into the gcc when it is running, or to a
> repository after the compile is done.
>
> This could be a problem becuase it would allow for
> non-gpled code to use the gcc as a front or a back
> end.
Yes... if the interface code itself is GPL'd, then there is
nothing in the GPL that forbids this. I think that this is in
principle the same situation as having any program (potentially
a proprietary program) which emits C code that is meant to be
processed by gcc.
So my answer is: You are free to do this, but I would request
that you please reconsider it, because anything which has the
effect of weakening in effect the copyleft nature of gcc's
licensing is not likely to make the world a better place.
> How does the licencing of the DOT GNU cover this.
We use the GNU GPL, knowing that it gives the user a *lot* of
freedoms, including freedom to do some things that we wouldn't
like to happen.
Greetings, Norbert.
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- [DotGNU]Licence question about GNU and GCC, James Michael DuPont, 2002/03/11
- Re: [DotGNU]Licence question about GNU and GCC,
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- Re: [DotGNU]Licence question about GNU and GCC, James Michael DuPont, 2002/03/11
- Re: [DotGNU]Licence question about GNU and GCC, Norbert Bollow, 2002/03/11
- Re: [DotGNU]Licence question about GNU and GCC, James Michael DuPont, 2002/03/11
- Re: [DotGNU]Licence question about GNU and GCC, James Michael DuPont, 2002/03/11
- Re: [DotGNU]Licence question about GNU and GCC, S11001001, 2002/03/11
- Re: [DotGNU]Licence question about GNU and GCC, James Michael DuPont, 2002/03/11
- new version of GPL? (was Re: [DotGNU]Licence question about GNU and GCC), S11001001, 2002/03/11
- Re: [DotGNU]Licence question about GNU and GCC, Gopal.V, 2002/03/12