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Re: Why not contribute? (to GCC)

> Is it even possible to fork? Wouldn't that require the new compiler
> to start over again from the last non-GPLv3 version of the source code
> (read 4.2.1...which is why Apple's gcc is stuck there). Weren't things
> simplier when egcs forked from gcc (ie that they were both under the same
> license)?

No.  The issue of choice of license is completely orthogonal to the
issue of whether to have assignments or not.  Neither of those decisions
made by a project affects the other.
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