On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 10:21:32PM -0800, Linda W wrote: > Dana Hudes wrote:
> > BTW not everyone uses gcc. > What compiler on linux -- where perl was born, would you suggest? Perl 5 was developed on SunOS. I don't know what platform Perl 1 was developed on. Perl 1 was released in December 1987, and predates Linux and ANSI C. Curiously, gcc was first released in May 1987. > If it doesn't work on freely available and unencumbered tools (i.e. > nothing more restrictive than the license on perl), then wouldn't it > violate the implied site license? No. Because there is no implied site licence. I don't know where that idea came from. And you're also incorrect in implying that gcc is not more restrictive than Perl. It is. gcc is GPL only. Perl is under a dual licence, GPL or Artistic. The Artistic License permits one to make a binary only release using the Perl source code providing one doesn't pass it off as Perl. You seem to be basing a chunk of your reasoning on a lot of false assumptions. Nicholas Clark
