On Jul 30, 2008, at 3:59 PM, Bill Northcott wrote:
3. GCC versions more recent than 4.2 are licensed under GPL 3,
which prohibits DRM and closed devices like iPod or AppleTV, and
would appear to be totally incompatible with Apple's business model.
That's just silly. IANAL but the license clearly states, "The output
from running a covered work is covered by this License only if the
output, given its content, constitutes a covered work." That would
include the output of gcc.
Unless Apple were including gcc itself on the iPod (or similar) _and_
not allowing users to change gcc specifically, Apple would not be in
violation of any version of the GPL including version 3 (which I
finally just read as a result of your email).
In my opinion, the GPL is the most restrictive and least permissive
open source license (don't send me mail telling me how wrong I am on
this point, I'm not interested), but let's not misrepresent what it
actually allows or disallows.
--
Steve Checkoway
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