Kyle McDonald writes:
> When this GNU tool chain is available in /usr/bin on Solaris, What is
> going to stop Sun-original development from depending on it?
At least two things will:
- Depending on a GPLv2 object (as opposed to merely being bundled
with it) generally forces one to adopt a GPLv2 license. That
limits the possible audience.
- A project cannot import interfaces that have stability levels
incompatible with the intended usage. Thus, the mostly "Volatile"
interfaces over in /usr/gnu can't be used outside of that
consolidation without explicit ARC approval.
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