> > Anyone can take the C30 sources and do whathever they
> > want with it, within the limits of the GPL.
> 
> Hmm.  Are the C30 mods committed back to the standard gcc 
> source repository, or are they scheduled to be? It occurs to 
> me that a sneaky way around the viral nature of GPL would be 
> to make your changes in an older version and NOT commit back. 

The GPL does not attach special significance to any repository or
version tree. Your obligation is that when you distribute GPL-ed
software you must make the source available under GPL. That is all.

> After a bit of obsolescence, no one will be particularly 
> interested in futzing with "that obsolete stuff", and you'd 
> be left with the advantages of open source without so much 
> loss of control...

"loss of control" is not an issue here. making the source available
under GPL is.

Wouter van Ooijen

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