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Re: clang and FSF's strategy
- From: Michael Witten <mfwitten at gmail dot com>
- To: Jordi GutiÃrrez Hermoso <jordigh at octave dot org>
- Cc: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr at thyrsus dot com>, Richard Stallman <rms at gnu dot org>, gcc Mailing List <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, emacs-devel at gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 10:03:58 +0000
- Subject: Re: clang and FSF's strategy
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On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Jordi GutiÃrrez Hermoso wrote:
> The fact that these non-free tools are not based on gcc are a
> testament to how proprietary software developers cannot plug into gcc,
> and how clang is fostering non-free software.
What does it matter whether clang fosters non-free software if clang *also*
fosters free software? Indeed, non-free software inspires a lot of free
software, anyway.
Apparently, gcc isn't fostering much of anything, except for a desire to
replace it with llvm/clang.
Where there is the least friction, there is the most freedom.