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Re: Objective-C legacy code (ex: New Objective-C maintainer)
- To: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot COM>
- Subject: Re: Objective-C legacy code (ex: New Objective-C maintainer)
- From: Ovidiu Predescu <ovidiu at cup dot hp dot com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:46:42 -0800
- Cc: sven dot koehler at infopark dot de (Sven Koehler), gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org,shebs at apple dot com (Stan Shebs)
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:30:56 -0800 (PST), Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.COM> wrote:
> Ovidiu writes:
> > So far Apple's runtime is not released under GPL and is certainly not
> > copyrighted by FSF. As long as this remains true, there is no way Apple's
> > runtime can be distributed with GCC.
>
> The FSF has not insisted on owning all of the libraries distributed with
> gcc, though it wants to own all of gcc (the compiler) itself. The FSF has
> also accepted other licenses besides the GPL, though any license would
> have to be GPL-compatible and free software.
Thanks for the clarification! Looks like Apple still has a long way to go for
their runtime, the latest Apple Public License is still far from being GPL
compatible, not to mention free software.
Ovidiu