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Re: libgcc-math and the gcc 4.2 release
- From: "John David Anglin" <dave at hiauly1 dot hia dot nrc dot ca>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Cc: rguenther at suse dot de, gdr at integrable-solutions dot net
- Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 22:32:25 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: libgcc-math and the gcc 4.2 release
> Richard Guenther <rguenther@suse.de> writes:
> | As far as I understand we (GCC) have to develop our own codes
> | independently of glibc unless RMS agrees to have copies/forks of
> | glibc code in GCC (this includes license changes to GPL + libgcc exception
> | like in this case). What is fine as far as I understand is extend/modify
> | glibc itself to suit our needs - which is of course usually pointless
> | because GCC is not in a glibc-only world.
This is sad. I've always believed that it was important to support both
worlds in a balanced manner. I do believe that making the generic code
available to the non-glibc world is in fact extending its usage. There
is the suggestion in the above that there may be considerations beyond
licensing and copyright involved.
> I hope you're still interested in and motivated by the ligcc-math project.
My impression is that this is blocked.
Dave
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