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Part of this is probably that philosophically the *BSDs don't really want to be reliant on GNU tools.
by ptomato 16y ago
Part of this is probably that philosophically the *BSDs don't really want to be reliant on GNU tools.
- rmjb 16y agoThe OpenBSD folks have been searching for a replacement for quite some time now. IIRC, they even got their kernel building with the ancient PCC compiler, which is also BSD licensed.
- asymmetric 16y agointeresting. is that only due to the different licenses used in the two projects?
- uxp 16y agoThats what I was implying in my earlier comment. Though I wouldn't say its the only reason, in my view as an advocate of the BSD License, it's a major reason.
- _delirium 16y agoIt's one of the main ones, but two additional ones, depending on the person, are: 1) some people don't like GNU and/or Stallman having influence on their OS, either for political reasons or due to personality clashes; and 2) some people don't like GCC's design as a technical matter.
- protomyth 16y agoApple wants to use the actual compiler code in XCode and that wouldn't be possible with GPL and their current license. That is also why clang is structured as libraries.