Dispatches from the compiler front [LWN.net]

Dispatches from the compiler front

Posted Apr 15, 2010 18:31 UTC (Thu) by Trelane (guest, #56877)
In reply to: Dispatches from the compiler front by ejr
Parent article: Dispatches from the compiler front

Is the LLVM license GPL-compatible?

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Dispatches from the compiler front

Posted Apr 15, 2010 18:33 UTC (Thu) by Trelane (guest, #56877) [Link] (2 responses)

(particularly, could you grab the code and re-license it under the GPL)

Dispatches from the compiler front

Posted Apr 15, 2010 18:51 UTC (Thu) by Trelane (guest, #56877) [Link]

Interesting reading from the SFLC on the topic: http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2007/gpl-non-gpl...

Dispatches from the compiler front

Posted Apr 27, 2010 17:27 UTC (Tue) by vonbrand (guest, #4458) [Link]

Obviously no. You can't grab code belonging to somebody else and slap your own license on it. What you can do is to include some code into a larger work under another license if the licenses are compatible (i.e., some BSD code into a GPLed whole).

Dispatches from the compiler front

Posted Apr 16, 2010 8:13 UTC (Fri) by baldrick (subscriber, #4123) [Link]

LLVM uses the University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License, which is GPL compatible.