On Nov 15, 2006, at 11:07 AM, Ed S. Peschko wrote:
My concern - and I'm sure I'm not the only one so concerned - is that
if gcc goes to version 3, linux distribution maintainers will not
choose
to go with the new version, or worse, some groups will choose to
remain
at gpl2 and others will go to version 3, causing a fork in the gcc
code.
This is mostly off-topic, as strange as that sounds, for this list.
gnu.misc.discuss is the canonical place for discussions on licensing.
When the FSF is done with v3, I'd expect that gcc will switch over to
it. There should be enough distributors of gcc on the GPLv3 review
teams to provide solid feedback to the FSF so that their needs can be
met. I'd hope that in the end, there will be enough balance to allow
distributors to continue distributing gcc under the v3 license. So,
the short answer is wait and see. Once v3 is published, we should
know within a couple of months after that, check back then.
