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Code contributions to GCC no longer have to be assigned to FSF, says compiler body

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Re: Apple and GPL

Actually, the reason why apple and some others had to switch from gcc was that they wanted to compile code at runtime (OpenGL, opencl, JavaScript etc. ) and that due to one Mr. Stallman that wasn’t possible. Stallman shot himself and gcc in the foot in a major way.

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