Darren New escreveu:
> Your freedom to not be 
> punched in the nose restricts my freedom to punch you in the nose.

I feel that freedom is in risk right now. ;)

> Then what freedom does it add to the author to force his plug-in to be 
> open source and licensed under the GPL?

The freedom to use the gcc infrastructure for the benefit of his plugin.

> How does that benefit anyone 
> who wants to use the plug-in without modification?

The GPL allows for unrestricted *use*, for any means.

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