OpenWatcom compiler source code is available now

[Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>]

Roman Levenshteyn (EED) writes:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > has anyone noticed that OpenWatcom project released the source code
 > for Watcom C, C++ and Fortran compilers. I think it can be of big
 > interest for GCC project.

I really don't see how.

gcc is licensed under the GPL, and although I'm not a lawyer the Open
Watcom Public License doesn't look GPL compatible to me.

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Andrew.