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Re: a list of software compiled by completely free toolchain
From: |
Gabriel Striewe |
Subject: |
Re: a list of software compiled by completely free toolchain |
Date: |
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:20:05 +0100 (CET) |
Rjack <user@example.net> hat am 13. November 2009 um 00:10 geschrieben:
> Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > 'Evening, Gabriel!
> >
> > Gabriel Striewe <linux@gabriel-striewe.de> wrote:
> >> [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: UTF-8, 38
> >> lines --]
> >
> >> Hello all,
> >
> >> Python (if I am not right, I am sure there exist other examples
> >> of this case) as of now seems to still depend on Visual C being
> >> compiled on Windows and still causing problems being compiled
> >> with MinGW.
> >
> > Is that really true? Aren't there any free C compilers native to
> > Windows? Hasn't GCC been targeted at Windows native?
>
> GCC isn't a freely licensed compiler. The GCC compiler is licensed
> under the highly restrictive GPL license.
>
> For a freely licensed C compiler try the pcc compiler at
> http://pcc.ludd.ltu.se/ .
>
> You can also try clang at http://clang.llvm.org/ .
>
> With a year, GCC will be replaced in the superior BSD flavored
> operating systems.
>
But didn't that enable Apple to use most of the software the BSD
project has written, without Apple being obliged to give something
back?
> Sincerely,
> Rjack
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Re: a list of software compiled by completely free toolchain, Gabriel Striewe, 2009/11/12
Re: a list of software compiled by completely free toolchain, Tim Smith, 2009/11/13