On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 4:23 PM, David Edelsohn <dje....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 5:03 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.to...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Cary Coutant <ccout...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> include/plugin-api.h defines an ABI between linker and compiler, >>>> which can be used to implement linker plug-in by any compilers. >>>> I'd like to add GCC Runtime Library Exception to include/plugin-api.h >>>> so that the linker plug-in can have non-GPL licenses. >>> >>> This is OK with me. >>> >>> -cary >> >> Here is a patch. OK for trunk? > > You have not explained why this actually is needed and only the FSF > can agree to license changes.
In fact I think all linker plugins needs to be GPLv3 compatible because other ld.bfd and ld.gold would have a license violation. This is the same story as a GCC plugin too. Thanks, Andrew > > - David
