nemesis wrote:
> Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>>   Could the reason why I argue against the GPL is that fanboys advocating
>> it as something it's not ("you can use it in *any way* you want") are
>> irritating?
> 
> You *can use* GPLed software in any way you want, including packaging together
> with your closed software.  The GPL clauses only take effect in the case of
> modification *and* release of modified GPLed software, not use.

That's exactly what the /. article was talking about, tho. The intention is 
apparently to make it impossible to write a closed-source piece of software 
that interoperates with GCC without modifying GCC.  I.e., they're trying to 
prevent the author of plug-ins from distributing closed-source plug-ins that 
work with an unmodified gcc, in order to force the GPL onto those plug-ins.

See the subject line? Remember where we started?

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