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Free Software Fans-
There's been some discussion on commercial interests working with
FSF, but I missed the beginning of the thread.  I've had a question about
this that's bothered me for a while:  Motorola has developed a
whiz bang optimizing compiler for the 56001 digital signal processor
based on GCC.  Their DSP newsletter claims that they are giving
away source in accordance with copyleft.  I called a Moto. sales
rep. and he said that source was only given to people who purchase
the binaries for around $700.  The source doesn't include Moto.'s
modifications, so it seems that it's the same thing available from
GNU's ftp sites.  So, my questions:

Does this jive with the copyleft?

If the source is not only the regular GCC distribution, if I buy
the compiler and request the source (& pay media fee), can I give
away the source?

Is the binary copyrightable by Motorola, or does it fall under copyleft?
There's a lot of GCC's code in there!  Can I buy it for $700, then
give it to all my friends because Moto. cannot legally hold copyright?

Thanks,

Morgan        -->   woodson@cse.ucsc.edu