On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 06:30:27PM +0200, Austin Acton wrote: > [Contrib-RPM] > > --=-=-= > Name : sdcc Relocations: (not relocateable) > Version : 2.3.3 Vendor: MandrakeSoft > Release : 0.20030421.2mdk Build Date: Mon May 26 18:31:04 2003 > Install date: (not installed) Build Host: klama.mandrake.org > Group : Development/C Source RPM: (none) > Size : 2057305 License: GPL > Packager : Austin Acton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > URL : http://sdcc.sourceforge.net > Summary : C compiler for Intel 8051 and Zilog Z80 > Description : > SDCC is a Freeware, retargettable, optimizing ANSI - C compiler. The current > version targets the Intel 8051 and the Zilog Z80 based MCUs. Work is in > progress on supporting the Amtel AVR, DS390, and Microchip PIC series. SDCC > uses ASXXXX and ASLINK, a Freeware, retargettable assembler and linker. SDCC > has extensive MCU specific language extensions, which lets it utilize the > underlying hardware effectively. The front end (parser) will be enhanced to > handle language extensions for other MCUs as and when they are targeted.
If it is GPL then it isn't freeware, but rather would be free software. We ought to avoid confusing the two terms. Despite their similarities they have very different historical meanings. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org "What upsets me is not that you lied to me, but that from now on I can no longer believe you." -- Nietzsche
