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Article #2683Re: AD210x C compiler
From: Steven D. Majewski
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 23:53
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 23:53
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In article <2n5l73$d6v@search01.news.aol.com>, AshCan <ashcan@aol.com> wrote: > >Jason, you'll have to contact ADI for source code. I belive you can only make >that request if you have actually purchased the C compiler. I don't want to >get into GNU rules and regulations, but I believe that is the deal. > >regards, Dan How is it in keeping with the Gnu copyleft for ADI to sell ( and restrict from alternate distribution) a proprietary compiler which admittedly is "based on Gnu gcc" ? Are the FSF people aware that this is going on ? Crossposted to gnu.misc.discuss from comp.dsp Followups directed to gnu.misc.discuss. [ This is in reference to a compiler for analog devices ADS210x DSP, which is advertised as being based on Gnu C compiler, Or do they merely mean that their compiler accepts the same extensions as gcc ? ] - Steve Majewski (804-982-0831) <sdm7g@Virginia.EDU> - UVA Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f8fcc,f87e6b698a79d84d X-Google-Attributes: gidf8fcc,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,a0f5cf18edec0751,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-03-29 15:53:51 PST Newsgroups: comp.dsp,gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!news-feed-2.peachnet.edu!concert!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!murdoch!elvis.med.Virginia.EDU!sdm7g From: sdm7g@elvis.med.Virginia.EDU (Steven D. Majewski) Subject: Re: AD210x C compiler Message-ID: <CnGADr.CuM@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Followup-To: gnu.misc.discuss Summary: Do the FSF people know about this possible copyleft violation? Keywords: FSF, gcc, copyleft, copyright, copyup, copydown, ... :-) Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: University of Virginia References: <1994Mar28.032433.21817@news.csuohio.edu> <2n5l73$d6v@search01.news.aol.com> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 23:53:51 GMT Lines: 24