Re: Problems with pkgsrc on NetBSD-5.2
Mouse <[email protected]>
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>>> The situation in NetBSD is effectively: >>> (1) GCC which has a runtime exception for the libraries that >>> removes the immediate problems of the GPL3 [...] >> How does it do that? > src/external/gpl3/gcc/dist/COPYING.RUNTIME Assuming this is the file shown by http://cvsweb.NetBSD.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/external/gpl3/gcc/dist/COPYING.RUNTIME?rev=1.1.1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&only_with_tag=MAIN then I still ask, how does it do that? As far as I can see, gcc is still not usable for my purposes; programs compiled with it may not be GPL-infested, but it is not clear to me under what (if any) circumstances the license permits me to perform that compliation - or, for that matter, even to fetch and build that version of gcc. That's the basic problem I have with GPLv3: the license is Byzantine enough I have only the vaguest of ideas what it permits and under what circumstances. The runtime exception does not fix that. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML [email protected] / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B