This is the mail archive of the
gcc@gcc.gnu.org
mailing list for the GCC project.
Re: Possible GPL infringment in the HighTec GNU compiler
- From: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>
- To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent dot pinchart at capflow dot com>
- Cc: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:50:27 -0400
- Subject: Re: Possible GPL infringment in the HighTec GNU compiler
For the demo version I found the source on
<http://www.hightec-rt.com/uk/download.htm>.
But looks like they do not provide the source for the full version to
people who asked for it.
Thanks,
Andrew Pinski
On Tuesday, Aug 12, 2003, at 08:56 US/Eastern, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
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
PS: I'm not subscribe to this list, so please contact me directly if
needed.