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Re: Meta-Level Compilation project / Introspector/ AST access / Licensing question (PCH patch gengtype.c)
- From: Tim Josling <tej at melbpc dot org dot au>
- To: Daniel Berlin <dberlin at dberlin dot org>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 08:47:43 +1000
- Subject: Re: Meta-Level Compilation project / Introspector/ AST access / Licensing question (PCH patch gengtype.c)
- Organization: Melbourne PC User Group
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206221810310.13946-100000@dberlin.org>
Daniel Berlin wrote:
>
> On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Tim Josling wrote:
>
> > As an aside, the PCH patch introduced a change to gcc which provides a single
> > program with a complete *computer* *readable* description of the important gcc
> > data structures. This is then used to generate the garbage collection code.
>
> Yes, but it's output is GPL'd.
Quite true, but the framework is there to generate non GPL code, technically
at least though IANAL.
Tim Josling