Daniel Gibson Wrote: > Am 25.03.2011 07:08, schrieb Kagamin: > > Jonathan M Davis Wrote: > > > >> I wouldn't think that the GPL would be a problem for build tools. It (and > >> LGPL) _is_ a problem for libraries, but you're not linking with tools or > >> generally doing anything with their code. You're just using them. > > > > Well, if Digital Mars doesn't plan to redistribute them, then ok. > > The Linux version of DMD already uses GCC tools for linking. > > Why shouldn't Digital Mars redistribute GNU tools for linking? I don't > think the GPL forbids that, as long as the sources of those binaries are > available somewhere.
In this case they should be distributed as a separate package (in this case there's no need for redistribution: you can just link to mingw.sf.net directly). Will people be fine that the main dmd package can't link anything, I don't know. Mingw seems to live fine with that.
