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RMS is fine with an FFI as long as you cannot use it to inject non-free code. This is usually done by requiring an exported symbol saying that the code is GPL c
by deng 12y ago
RMS is fine with an FFI as long as you cannot use it to inject non-free code. This is usually done by requiring an exported symbol saying that the code is GPL compatible. GCC does it this way:
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Plugin-API.html https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Plugin-API.html
- rurban 12y agoBut you cannot call that a FFI then. A FFI is the abbrevation for "Foreign Function Interface", not "Friendly Function Interface". FFI's are not sugar coated.