Alan Cox wrote:
>
> Compile a program with a non gcc compiler, link it with glibc 2
>
> You are now required to give your program away under the GPL.
>
> You have to use the GNU c compiler with glibc2. Thats unacceptable to
> all the other compiler vendors. Things like Compaq releasing their own
> optimising compiler go completely up the spout because of this. So it
> favours one vendor. The vendor in question may not have caused it, but
> its a clear and large problem.
>
For those of us not aware of the details, could you please explain how
this happens?
-hpa
