[cfe-dev] [LLVMdev] New libc++ LLVM Subproject

[David Greene]

On Wednesday 12 May 2010 11:41:29 Chris Lattner wrote:

> > How so?  What's the issue?  What additional restrictions are put on the
> > distributor?  If you ship libstdc++ you have to include the source code,
> > whether it's GPLv2 or GPLv3.  Is it the anti-Tivoization thing that's a
> > problem?  I could see that being an issue for things like the iPhone.
>
> It doesn't really matter.  It is widely known that Apple employees are
> generally not allowed to touch GPL3 code.  The reasons and decision was not
> an engineering choice.

Understood.  And license issues are as good a reason as any to start
something new.  Thanks for helping me understand.

                             -Dave