Messages in this thread | | | From | jbradford@dial ... | Subject | Re: Bitkeeper outrage, old and new | Date | Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:46:04 +0100 (BST) |
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> > I disagree with your statement that his rants are off topic. Unless you > > believe that the purpose of Linux isn't the advancement of Free software, > > then debating the merits of using non-Free software in the development > > process of a major cornerstone of the Free software movement is > > fundamentally on topic. > > Ask Richard if GCC was ever initially bootstrapped using a non-GPL > compiler suite.
As far as I know:
It was initially developed as a C front end to VUCK, but was later re-written, using none of the VUCK code, but initially keeping parts of the C front end. The GNU project was originally developed without using any proprietary software.
So, non-GPL software was used, but the software that was used was, at least to begin with, all non-proprietary.
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