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Re: New frontend: PL/I for gcc
On Saturday 15 March 2003 19:58, you wrote:
> Henrik <henrik dot sorensen at balcab dot ch> writes:
> > I have started a project to create a PL/I front end for gcc.
>
> Interesting. What's next, an x86 Multics port? :)
Funny you should ask. You are the second one to mention Multics;-)
What is it anyway?
>
> "The PL1 0.0.1 release is based on the IBM OS PL/I Version 2.2.3"
>
> What is the copyright status of the IBM code?
I should have stated more clearly
"The syntax of the PL1 0.0.1 release is based on the manual for IBM OS PL/I
Version 2.2.3",
there is absolutely no code from the otherwise excellent compilers from IBM.
I will fix that up on the web page. Thanks for reading what I wrote, and not
what I thought I wrote.
> In order to merge a
> PL/I front end with GCC, you must assign all code copyrights to FSF.
Realisticly, a functioning compiler is years down the line, and might not even
be completed. But when the compiler is anywhere near a merge, I don't see a
problem assigning copyrights to FSF. Is this something I have to consider
already in this early stage of the development ?
Henrik