Re: Corel's apt frontend
David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu> writes:
> > (This case seems similar to the one
> > where Next wanted to ship GCC with their own Objective-C frontend, but
> > not to release the frontend under the GPL. RMS had his laweyrs write
> > to them and Next changed their mind.)
> But the frontend actually has to be linked to GCC.
I always wondered - if NeXT really had been serious about going
proprietary with their front end, what would have stopped them
from creating
- a fully GPL'ed GCC fork which had the ability to dynamically link
to third party "plug-ins" for doing front-end stuff, using some
appropriate open interface
plus
- a proprietary, binary-only Objective-C plug-in?
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