Using of parse tree externally

[Joe Buck]

Linus writes:
> There's also obviously the simple legal issue: if somebody actually
> wants to fork gcc, and create a gcc that prints out the parse tree
> externally, the FSF simply doesn't have any legal power to stop them. 

This is, of course, true.

> Of course, that doesn't mean that the FSF/Cygnus/RedHat would want to
> _help_ such an effort.

Exactly.  It's best to avoid this whole fight by finding some way of
implementing the desired functionality (e.g. static analysis tools) in a
less risky way.