Re: Now it's my compiler!

Andrew Halliwell wrote:
> Rjack <user@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Which is complete, 100% bull****. You don't control "commercial 
>> compilers" so how do know?
> 
> So... You're now claiming that you can re-distribute a commercial
compiler?
> Do you KNOW what software piracy is?

Do you know what a contract to distribute is?
Do you what the first sale doctrine is?
It's *none* of your business what other people compile GPL
source code with.

>  
>>> With SOME commercial compilers you can't even sell your own code
without
>>> permission from the compiler's owner. And then they expect you to pay
for
>>> the privilage.
>> With SOME compilers you can sell your own code without permission 
>> from the compiler's owner. And then they don't expect you to pay for
>> the privilege.
> 
> So? Reversing what I said doesn't make it any less true.
> 
>>> With the GPL based compiler, you can do what the hell you like with
your own
>>> code with no restrictions. Only if you include other people's GPL code
are
>>> you bound by the GPL yourself.
>>>
>>> By eck, the quality of trolls these days is shocking.
>> By eck? Is that shorthand script-kiddie?
> 
> No, look it up.
Sincerely,
Rjack :)