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Article #1079Re: Using gcc as a base for a product
From: Tim Smith
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 21:52
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 21:52
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gumby@Cygnus.COM (David V. Henkel-Wallace) writes: > I want to create and market a product that is based on gcc. I plan to > modify gcc source for the product. Then I plan to provide the > source for gcc available on request and to include a copy of the > COPYING file found in the gcc-2.0 delivery. > >You're better off (it's a lot easier) to just include the source code >with the product distribution. You have a lot less record-keeping to >worry about. However, package the source and binaries separately, please, so that those who don't want the source can easily just get the binaries. It's annoying to download some huge tar file at 2400 bps when all one really wants is the one binary file that is in that rat archive! --Tim Smith
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!amdahl!amdcad!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!uw-beaver!news.u.washington.edu!stein.u.washington.edu!tzs From: tzs@stein.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Using gcc as a base for a product Message-ID: <1992Oct11.215201.163@u.washington.edu> Date: 11 Oct 92 21:52:01 GMT References: <1992Oct9.201557.3300@gdstech.grumman.com> <GUMBY.92Oct11101553@Cygnus.COM> Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 16