Re: Adding gdc to gcc

2011-05-23 Thread Mandeep Singh Brar
* Daniel Gibson: > Florian Weimer schrieb: >> In this case, it might be simpler to contribute and maintain the >> frontend under a less restrictive license, perhaps something >> BSD-style. (I'm assuming that the primary reason to choose the GPL >> was compatibility with GCC, which might not be t

Re: Adding gdc to gcc

2010-11-16 Thread Walter Bright
Jerry Quinn wrote: Even if the licensing issues are sorted out today, I don't think it can realistically be added to the gcc source tree before 4.7. It's ok, we're in this for the long haul.

Re: Adding gdc to gcc

2010-11-11 Thread Florian Weimer
* Daniel Gibson: > Florian Weimer schrieb: >> In this case, it might be simpler to contribute and maintain the >> frontend under a less restrictive license, perhaps something >> BSD-style. (I'm assuming that the primary reason to choose the GPL >> was compatibility with GCC, which might not be t

Re: Adding gdc to gcc

2010-11-11 Thread Daniel Gibson
Florian Weimer schrieb: * Walter Bright: In other words, any changes in gdc that affect the front end should be given to Digital Mars, I will transfer the copyright to FSF, and get the license back. Otherwise, I cannot fold in those changes. In this case, it might be simpler to contribute and

Re: Adding gdc to gcc

2010-11-11 Thread Florian Weimer
* Walter Bright: > In other words, any changes in gdc that affect the front end should be > given to Digital Mars, I will transfer the copyright to FSF, and get > the license back. Otherwise, I cannot fold in those changes. In this case, it might be simpler to contribute and maintain the frontend

Re: Adding gdc to gcc

2010-11-10 Thread Jerry Quinn
Walter Bright Wrote: > Iain Buclaw wrote: > > == Quote from Walter Bright (newshou...@digitalmars.com)'s article > >> I posted the question on this list: > >> > > http://www.listware.net/201011/gcc-gcc/25881-merging-gdc-gnu-d-compiler-into-gcc.html > >> hopefully we can move forward with this. > >

Re: Adding gdc to gcc

2010-11-09 Thread Walter Bright
Daniel Gibson wrote: Walter Bright schrieb: I posted the question on this list: http://www.listware.net/201011/gcc-gcc/25881-merging-gdc-gnu-d-compiler-into-gcc.html hopefully we can move forward with this. That's *really* great news :-) To assign the copyright of all files to the FSF yo

Re: Adding gdc to gcc

2010-11-09 Thread Daniel Gibson
Walter Bright schrieb: I posted the question on this list: http://www.listware.net/201011/gcc-gcc/25881-merging-gdc-gnu-d-compiler-into-gcc.html hopefully we can move forward with this. That's *really* great news :-) To assign the copyright of all files to the FSF you need an OK of all GD

Re: Adding gdc to gcc

2010-11-09 Thread Walter Bright
Iain Buclaw wrote: == Quote from Walter Bright (newshou...@digitalmars.com)'s article I posted the question on this list: http://www.listware.net/201011/gcc-gcc/25881-merging-gdc-gnu-d-compiler-into-gcc.html hopefully we can move forward with this. This is indeed some delightful news to be

Re: Adding gdc to gcc

2010-11-09 Thread Iain Buclaw
== Quote from Walter Bright (newshou...@digitalmars.com)'s article > I posted the question on this list: > http://www.listware.net/201011/gcc-gcc/25881-merging-gdc-gnu-d-compiler-into-gcc.html > hopefully we can move forward with this. This is indeed some delightful news to be waking up to. I sure

Adding gdc to gcc

2010-11-08 Thread Walter Bright
I posted the question on this list: http://www.listware.net/201011/gcc-gcc/25881-merging-gdc-gnu-d-compiler-into-gcc.html hopefully we can move forward with this.