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Re: [surjan@chem.elte.hu: x86_64 fortran]
- From: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>
- To: tcc at sentex dot net
- Cc: fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 20:22:56 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: [surjan@chem.elte.hu: x86_64 fortran]
>
> On Friday 16 July 2004 05:41 pm, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 05:29:18PM -0400, Douglas Cox wrote:
> > > Well, g95 is free, and it certainly appears to be a GNU production, if
> > > you check the source files.
> >
> > If you equate "GNU production" with "uses the GPL", then I suppose
> > you can claim g95 is a GNU production. Andy slapped the GPL onto
> > the code, yet does not folloiw the tenets of the GPL. If you mean
> > "GNU production" as in a "FSF sponsored project", then no g95 is
> > not a GNU production.
>
> How does this affect your view on the porting of code from g95 to gfortran? I
> don't remember any objections being raised. Seems like, in your view, it
> would be "tainting" gfortran...
Some of the code now will be "tainting" but some of the older code is not "tainted"
at all and can be ported.
Andrew Pinski
Just a gcc bug master who keeps track of gcc bugs (including fortran ones)