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Re: GCC's hardware requirements - Where is the freedom? [was: Re: gcc 3.5 integration branch proposal]


On Jan 19, 2004, at 19:13, Andrew Pinski wrote:

Free software that requires a machine that most people in 3rd world
countries cannot afford IS NOT FREE (as in "freedom"), even if it is
distributed under the GPL. GCC is at the very heart of the GNU system and
the free software world. There will be more and more free software
projects that require new GCC versions. This means that there will be more
and more projects that are off-limits for a large group of people, if
GCC's hardware requirements continue to rise. 


Oh, I forgot to mention one more thing.
From <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html>:

But the explanation for ``free software'' is simple--a person who has grasped the idea of ``free speech, not free beer'' will not get it wrong again. There is no such succinct way to explain the official meaning of ``open source'' and show clearly why the natural definition is the wrong one.


Thanks,
Andrew Pinski

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