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Re: Using of parse tree externally
- To: torvalds at transmeta dot com (Linus Torvalds)
- Subject: Re: Using of parse tree externally
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at racerx dot synopsys dot com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 13:01:22 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Linus writes:
> There's also obviously the simple legal issue: if somebody actually
> wants to fork gcc, and create a gcc that prints out the parse tree
> externally, the FSF simply doesn't have any legal power to stop them.
This is, of course, true.
> Of course, that doesn't mean that the FSF/Cygnus/RedHat would want to
> _help_ such an effort.
Exactly. It's best to avoid this whole fight by finding some way of
implementing the desired functionality (e.g. static analysis tools) in a
less risky way.