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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?"

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  1. Re:The threat... by 91degrees · · Score: 1, Troll

    Should we just accept that as a fait accompli? Isn't the FSF meant to be working for us rather than staying in their ivory tower dictating to us what we want?

  2. Re:Fact lite submission by Timothy+Brownawell · · Score: 1, Troll

    The GPLv2 already does this! It says, "you can use this how you want, except several things, one of which is modifying -> compiling -> distributing it without the modified source."

    Please elaborate upon how "you must make source available" is the same as "you may not distribute this with devices with property X".