Joern Rennecke <amyl...@spamcop.net> writes: >> > The difference is that the front end does not work on source code, but >> > Java bytecode, which seems closer to intermediate representation than >> > to a "high-level, non-intermediate language". >> >> I think it is clear that Java bytecode, which can even be executed >> directly by some microprocessors, is not a "compiler intermediate >> representation." > > That is beside the point. It is not a high level language. Hence, > when you use gcc to compile Java bytecode to Target Code, this is not > an eligible compilation process. > > When you use a non-GPL-compatible java frontend to compile Java source to > bytecode and then use GCC to compile this to Target Code, it is not > an eligble compilation process either, because you used a non-GPL-compatible > frontend.
I agree. This seems like a case where the license should be clarified. Ian
