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DeveloperPolicy.html updated: 1.34 -> 1.35 --- Log message: clarify llvm-gcc GPL issue --- Diffs of the changes: (+6 -6) DeveloperPolicy.html | 12 ++++++------ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Index: llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html diff -u llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html:1.34 llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html:1.35 --- llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html:1.34 Mon Feb 19 12:32:40 2007 +++ llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html Thu Feb 22 00:33:23 2007 @@ -442,13 +442,13 @@ read the <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/UoI-NCSA.php";>License</a> if further clarification is needed.</p> - <p>Note that the LLVM Project does distribute some code that includes GPL - software (notably, llvm-gcc which is based on the GCC GPL source base). + <p>Note that the LLVM Project does distribute llvm-gcc, <b>which is GPL.</b> This means that anything "linked" into llvm-gcc must itself be compatible with the GPL, and must be releasable under the terms of the GPL. This implies - that <b>any code linked into llvm-gcc and distributed to others may be - subject to - the viral aspects of the GPL</b>. This is not a problem for the main LLVM + that <b>any code linked into llvm-gcc and distributed to others may be subject + to the viral aspects of the GPL</b> (for example, a proprietary code generator + linked into llvm-gcc must be made available under + the GPL). This is not a problem for the main LLVM distribution (which is already licensed under a more liberal license), but may be a problem if you intend to base commercial development on llvm-gcc without redistributing your source code.</p> @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ Written by the <a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">LLVM Oversight Group</a><br> <a href="http://llvm.org";>The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a><br> - Last modified: $Date: 2007/02/19 18:32:40 $ + Last modified: $Date: 2007/02/22 06:33:23 $ </address> </body> </html> _______________________________________________ llvm-commits mailing list llvm-commits@cs.uiuc.edu http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvm-commits
