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clarify llvm-gcc GPL issue 

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Chris Lattner 2007-02-22 06:33:23 +00:00
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read the <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/UoI-NCSA.php">License</a>
if further clarification is needed.</p>
<p>Note that the LLVM Project does distribute some code that includes GPL
software (notably, llvm-gcc which is based on the GCC GPL source base).
<p>Note that the LLVM Project does distribute llvm-gcc, <b>which is GPL.</b>
This means that anything "linked" into llvm-gcc must itself be compatible
with the GPL, and must be releasable under the terms of the GPL. This implies
that <b>any code linked into llvm-gcc and distributed to others may be
subject to
the viral aspects of the GPL</b>. This is not a problem for the main LLVM
that <b>any code linked into llvm-gcc and distributed to others may be subject
to the viral aspects of the GPL</b> (for example, a proprietary code generator
linked into llvm-gcc must be made available under
the GPL). This is not a problem for the main LLVM
distribution (which is already licensed under a more liberal license), but may
be a problem if you intend to base commercial development on llvm-gcc without
redistributing your source code.</p>