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Re: Removal of support for GCC hosted on UWIN

To: monty at mysql dot com
Subject: Re: Removal of support for GCC hosted on UWIN
From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 10:13:03 -0800
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-announce at gcc dot gnu dot org
Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
References: <20010109003917Q.mitchell@codesourcery.com><14939.2027.535968.638519@narttu.mysql.fi>

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Widenius <monty@mysql.com> writes:

    Michael> Sorry, but shouldn't it be the other way around?

The GPL does not contain any notion of "direction".  The distribution
of a program comprising GPL'd code linked with code that does not
satisfy certain properties laid out in the GPL is not permitted.

    Michael> I am very interested in your reasoning about this; Any
    Michael> change you can point me out to the information/person on
    Michael> which you base your statement?

Richard Stallman (rms@gnu.org) is the unquestioned expert on the GPL.
His voice definitely carries more weight than mine; in this case,
however, I was acting under his direct instructions.

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Mark Mitchell                   mark@codesourcery.com
CodeSourcery, LLC               http://www.codesourcery.com

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