'GPL encumbrance problems' (jdow)

[Christofer C. Bell]

On 1/19/06, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Maybe Borland will come out with a nice compiler for Linux, and
> we'll be able to develop good commercial software for Linux. Who
> knows? Borland's licenses for the link library are much more generous
> than the FSF's.

Richard M. Stallman already came out with a "nice compiler for Linux".
 Some people have developed some "good commerical software for Linux"
with it already.  Oracle[1], SAP[2], Netscape[3], Intel[4], Sun[5],
Novell[6], IBM[7], to name a few.

[1] http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/linux/index.html
[2] http://www50.sap.com/linux/
[3] http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease650.html
[4] Ironically, Intel's commerical contribution is a C++ compiler.
http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/compilers/clin/index.htm
[5] Betting the farm? http://www.sun.com/software/linux/index.xml
[6] http://www.novell.com/linux/nterprise_linux_services.html
[7] http://www-306.ibm.com/software/os/linux/software/

--
Chris

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