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This is exactly the reason why many people don't use the GPLv3. If Apple distributed a slightly modified GCC, they would be also given away every patent they ha
by CJefferson 15y ago
This is exactly the reason why many people don't use the GPLv3. If Apple distributed a slightly modified GCC, they would be also given away every patent they have that might be used anywhere in GCC. That is unacceptable, as doing a full search over the whole source code for patent usage isn't reasonable.
- rmc 15y agoI upvoted you, but I disagree with your conclusion. Some people (e.g. myself) think that it would be great if Apple had to go open source.
- CJefferson 15y agoOh, I would love it if Apple went open source. However, if I was running Apple, I would consider applying applying a fairly substantial amount of money into avoiding GPL3. This appears to be exactly what Apple are doing (I don't think their support of clang after gcc went GPL3 is a coincidence, maybe I'm wrong).
- ars 15y agoSee here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3559990 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3559990 "Apple’s great GPL purge"
- rimantas 15y agoApple replaces GCC with LLVM and Clang. Both are open source.
- ortatherox 15y agoand both of which are BSD licensed, which Apple has shown to prefer.