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Apple literally offered the clang/LLVM copyright to the FSF to be released under the GPL. This was basically just ignored. https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc/20
by arp242 2y ago
Apple literally offered the clang/LLVM copyright to the FSF to be released under the GPL. This was basically just ignored.
https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc/2005-11/msg00888.html https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc/2005-11/msg00888.html
Furthermore there were real technical problems with gcc, certainly at the time. There were good reasons to start a new compiler project.
The license was always more of a detail, rather than the main thing.
- rty32 2y agoI doubt licensing is a "detail" -- various comments say it matters a lot, e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/a/14488011/3831197 https://stackoverflow.com/a/14488011/3831197 > The GPLv3 was the final straw that ended Apple's interest in contributing to GCC which is the reason Apple ended it at GCC 4.2.x. I guess GPLv2 is still GPL, but here we end up talking about copyleft licenses (GPLv3) affecting business decisions anyway.