Re: GCC 4.4 run-time license and non-GPLv3 compilers

[Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>]

* Matthias Klose:

> On 21.11.2009 06:20, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> * Steve Langasek:
>>
>>> It's been suggested to me that it might help Debian move forward on this
>>> issue if I provide some background on why Canonical has chosen to not regard
>>> this issue as critical for Ubuntu.
>>
>> My personal impression is that Debian does not view this issue as
>> critical, either.  Switching the GCC default hasn't happened for other
>> reasons.
>
> Which are these reasons?

Uhm, aren't you more qualified than me to answer that?

I think we had established quite some time ago that the licensing
issue should not be considered a blocker.