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Re: Add GPL compatibility check for plugins
- From: Rafael Espindola <espindola at google dot com>
- To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Diego Novillo <dnovillo at google dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:50:54 +0100
- Subject: Re: Add GPL compatibility check for plugins
- References: <20090618194657.GA22793@google.com> <y0m8wjp102g.fsf@fche.csb>
2009/6/19 Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com>:
>
> (This same argument has come up in the context of the linux-kernel,
> for ndiswrapper. ÂEach time, whenever people promote code some sort of
> implicit license-violation guilt upon ndiswrapper, they have had to
> back down because the GPL restrictions do not activate for mere use.)
For reference, this is Linus email on the thread
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/13/370
The main argument for not banning the loading of non-gpl modules is
"Same goes for code. Copyright is about _distribution_, not about use. We
shouldn't limit how people use the code."
IMHO, the very same argument applies to GCC.
> - FChE
>
Cheers,
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