Alternatives to gcc

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:05:49 -0600, David O'Brien <obrien at freebsd.org>
wrote:

> "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip at tutopia.com> writes:
>> - Replacing groff with something less restricted that doesn't require
>> C++: Heirloom-doctools may be an option.
>
> You're proposing replacing GPLv2 stuff with CDDL'ed stuff?
>
>     $ cd heirloom-doctools-080407> grep -l -R CDDL * | wc -l
>          217
>
> The last time I asked $WORK's lawyers, GPLv2 was acceptable to
> *carefully* ship with our product.  CDDL was forbidden (as is GPLv3).

Interesting... I thought, CDDL is more flexible than GPLv2? Or do I  
misunderstand something with CDDL?

Cheers,
Mezz


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