Re: The draft Position statement on the GFDL

[Humberto Massa <humberto.massa@almg.gov.br>]

@ 12/05/2004 17:12 : wrote Henning Makholm :

> No, but not necessary either. Versions of GCC have been done for
> *many* proprietary operating systems. Many of these versions have been
>  
AND operating "environments", too. Like Java. Like DOS/GW or whatever 
were those DOS 32 bit extenders. Like Windows when Windows was not an OS 
(Win 3.1).

> folded into the code that the FSF itself distributes. In neither of
> these cases has it been any problem that the proprietary operating
> system itself is not released under the terms of the GPL.
>  
Because there is none. Among folded back features, there is __far and 
__near pointers and other stuff.

> In this case, therefore, it does not restrict my right to distribute
> the hypothetical Palladium GCC, because I would give the recipient the
> same rights as I got myself.
>  
Well said.

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br,M