FSF, GCC, and SCO Compiler Support

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FSF, GCC, and SCO Compiler Support

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday August 12, 2003 @12:26AM from the hadn't-really-thought-of-that-one dept.

Ancipital was one of several who noted that a special patch is going into GCC. The file is README.SCO, and it is a short writeup about the SCO situation written by the FSF. It stops short of demanding that GCC developers strip SCO support from the compiler, and says more will be announced before the next compiler release.

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The output of this compiler by AtariAmarok · 2003-08-12 00:27 · Score: 5, Funny

Of course, the output of this compiler is not executable code. It produces lawsuits instead.

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1. Re:The output of this compiler by tds67 · 2003-08-12 01:17 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Of course, the output of this compiler is not executable code. It produces lawsuits instead.
  Your Honor, I object (code)!!!
So now... by mopslik · 2003-08-12 00:30 · Score: 5, Funny

...all programs compiled with the -sco flag will now start with a nag screen urging you to pay $699 to legalize your software?
... better yet by ultrabot · 2003-08-12 00:30 · Score: 4, Funny

The only thing better than stripping out the support would be generating code that would execute slightly wrongly when run on an SCO OS. Adjusting small decimal numbers just a bit, corrupting a database here and there... every 3 years.

Talk about Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt ;-).

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1. Re:... better yet by HiQ · 2003-08-12 00:55 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  No just make a nagging compiler. Let it put up a nag screen with each statement it compiles, showing the statement and asking the programmer if it's allright to compile this and if it's not violating one or more IP's (Yes/No/Abort). :)
2. Re:... better yet by adric · 2003-08-12 01:19 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  GNU's not done 'till SCO won't run! ;-)
  
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Re:SCO support... by fritter · 2003-08-12 00:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Stripping SCO support from GCC will only harm SCO's old customers who don't have anything to do with SCO evil.

Both of them?
Re:I have to say this by kinnell · 2003-08-12 02:05 · Score: 3, Funny

So what you're saying is that we should all go over and poop on Darl McBride's lawn? That would be the ultimate slashdotting. Scary thought.

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