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GCC unplugged

GCC unplugged

Posted Nov 20, 2007 10:01 UTC (Tue) by sylware (subscriber, #35259)
In reply to: GCC unplugged by yokem_55
Parent article: GCC unplugged

"A lot of the fears about the creation of proprietary modules could be relieved by an explicit
warning that any use of the plugin interface will be considered the creation of a derivative
work and thus subject to the GPL."

That would probably secure GCC enough regarding proprietary plugins. That would require an
extended GPL license.


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