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Re: Vector Extensions in GCC
- To: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- Subject: Re: Vector Extensions in GCC
- From: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 20:49:01 -0400
- cc: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
>>>>> "Joseph S Myers" writes:
Joseph> Why were copyright assignments a problem for this (given that there is an
Joseph> old assignment from Motorola on file for other changes
Joseph> GCC Motorola, Computer Group Core Technologies and Systems 1993-08-19
Joseph> Assigns all changes by Motorola which are incorporated into the FSF's
Joseph> source base (m68k, m88k support).
I don't know what the assignment referenced above actually said.
"are incorporated" does not sound like all future changes. Also, it
specifically lists m68k and m88k, not PowerPC support, let alone
explicitly referencing Altivec.
David