On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:41:20PM +0930, Ron wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 01:31:57PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 09:33:19AM +0930, Ron wrote: > > > Robert, do you know anything about licence trouble in gcc 4.4? > > > Apparently there is some GPLv3 taint in there now which may make > > > trouble for GPLv2 apps and maybe others, but I haven't heard > > > anything yet on if/how this will be resolved ... > > > > I don't think there's any trouble. I know they recently added a plugin > > API for GCC, and changed their license model so that copyleft extends to > > plugins. > > > > I think this amounts to: > > > > - Switch from LGPL to GPL. > > > > - Add a license exception [1] that allows using GCC to compile code that > > would otherwise violate the GPL (and linking it with libgcc, etc). > > > > I could be missing some detail though, but I have no reason to believe they > > extended the copyleft to programs compiled with GCC. > > > > [1] http://www.fsf.org/news/2009-01-gcc-exception > > Yeah, I'm not up on the full details, all I've really been able to find > is the sparse discussion in this thread: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/07/msg00041.html > > But that does give me the impression there is still something people have > missed, though I also doubt that was the original intention ...
Ah, yes this could be a problem. Do you know how many programs are affected? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
