[llvm-commits] CVS: llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html

[Chris Lattner]

On Feb 22, 2007, at 2:25 AM, Duncan Sands wrote:

>> +  the GPL).  This is not a problem for the main LLVM
>>    distribution (which is already licensed under a more liberal  
>> license), but may
>>    be a problem if you intend to base commercial development on  
>> llvm-gcc without
>>    redistributing your source code.</p>
>
> Maybe you should make explicit that there is no problem using llvm- 
> gcc to compile
> proprietary code - there is only a problem if parts of llvm-gcc are  
> included in
> the proprietary program.  You do say that more or less a few lines  
> before, but this
> last sentence could great doubt in peoples minds.  Maybe you could  
> offload the
> problem onto gcc, and say that compiling a program with llvm-gcc is  
> like compiling
> it with gcc, and give a link to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl- 
> faq.html which
> discusses these issues.

Done, thanks!

-Chris