On Saturday, 11 January 2014 at 20:38:32 UTC, Jacob Carlborg
wrote:
On 2014-01-10 23:16, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
Yes, but there's a difference between "restrictive" and
"intrusive".
Using GDC doesn't intrude into anything -- the standard
libraries are
still Boost-licensed and simply _using_ a GPL'd piece of
software
doesn't place any obligations on you.
The way Apple has integrated Clang into Xcode would never be
possible with GCC since that would require Apple to release
Xcode under the GPL license.
Right, but they are not merely using -- they are redistributing
(and distributing derivative works). The GPL places certain
constraints here, I think we can all agree, but it can hardly be
described as "intrusive"; there's no obligation to base one's
work on GPL-licensed code.
