Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

GCC 4.2.1 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the licensing-with-drama dept.

larry bagina writes "GCC 4.2.1 was released 4 days ago. Although this minor update would otherwise be insignificant, it will be the final GPL v2 release; all future releases will be GPL v3. Some key contributors are grumbling over this change and have privately discussed a fork to stay as GPL v2. The last time GCC forked (EGCS), the FSF conceded defeat. How will the FSF/GNU handle the GPL 3 revolt?"

1 of 449 comments (clear)

  1. rms response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    rms will get his banjo out and make a song about opression. Maybe he'll shave off his beard in protest, and on his skin will be the text to a new, all-parties-acceptable GPLv4, ala jailbreak style