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Possible GPL infringment in the HighTec GNU compiler
- From: Laurent Pinchart <laurent dot pinchart at capflow dot com>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:56:39 +0200
- Subject: Possible GPL infringment in the HighTec GNU compiler
- Organization: Capflow
Hitex is a company that sells development tools for embedded platforms. One of
those products is C compiler called "HighTec GNU compiler" for the C166
processor, which is a GCC ported to the new target..
In their august 2003 newsletter, they claimed that the HighTec GNU compiler is
not covered by the GPL, and that people are not allowed to request the
sources or to copy the product.
I'm not an expert, but it looks to me as a GPL infringment. The newsletter can
be found at http://www.hitex.co.uk/newsletter0603/, and the article about GCC
at http://www.hitex.co.uk/newsletter0603/gnuc166.html.
Laurent Pinchart
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