Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it becomestandard compiler?)

[Michel Talon]

pluknet wrote:

> I found this article today. It answers some questions about GPLv3.
> 
> http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gcc-exception-faq.html

Indeed this is exactly what i said, there are exemptions for code that
the compiler brings into the executable (notably this is particularly
the case for g++) such that using gcc has absolutely no bearing on the
license of the resulting binary. Hence switching to a GPL V3 version of
gcc has zero impact on the BSD character of FreeBSD. I don't know if the
same is true for binutils however.

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Michel TALON