On 13 January 2014 08:07, Joseph Rushton Wakeling <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Yah, but s/constraints/freedoms/. :-)
