GCC, LLVM, and compiler plugins

Posted Jan 30, 2014 22:39 UTC (Thu) by madscientist (subscriber, #16861)
In reply to: GCC, LLVM, and compiler plugins by vonbrand
Parent article: GCC, LLVM, and compiler plugins

I'm not sure what you mean regarding the GPL: the GPL doesn't try to enforce itself in a "mere aggregation" situation: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html...

> Likewise, what RMS would like to mean by "derivative" is totality irrelevant.

Well, it is VERY relevant in at least one way: it lets people using the software understand what the license holder considers the license to be, and THAT lets them know what behaviors are likely to cause them to face some sort of legal action from the FSF.

And, believe me, that's no small thing.

Sure, maybe the courts would decide the FSF is full of it. But so far we haven't seen anyone (in the US) willing to step up and take that risk, for whatever reason. One reason might be that their legal teams tell them it's a bad bet.