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0 pointssdrothrock6y ago0 comments

I don't think that would be appropriate since Golang isn't (to my knowledge) under the GNU license.

Maybe gocc?

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jerf6y ago

I think you may misunderstand the nature of the post: https://golang.org/doc/install/gccgo

It's a thing that exists, not a proposal.

sdrothrockOP6y ago

I did, in fact! Thanks. :)

I thought it was just spitballing an alternative name.

slrz6y ago

Software licenses don't really matter if you implement the Go language spec with your own code.

It's only when you want to share code with other implementations that software licensing enters the picture. Gccgo manages to share most of the standard library with the golang.org implementation, so they appear to have the licensing figured out.

sdrothrockOP6y ago

I brought up the licensing originally since I thought they were spitballing a name and the "g" in "gcc" originally stands for "GNU."

So I was saying (mostly tongue-in-cheek) that it probably wouldn't be appropriate.

Sorry for the confusion, and I appreciate the clarification here too. :)

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jerf6y ago

I think you may misunderstand the nature of the post: https://golang.org/doc/install/gccgo

It's a thing that exists, not a proposal.

sdrothrockOP6y ago

I did, in fact! Thanks. :)

I thought it was just spitballing an alternative name.

slrz6y ago

Software licenses don't really matter if you implement the Go language spec with your own code.

sdrothrockOP6y ago

I brought up the licensing originally since I thought they were spitballing a name and the "g" in "gcc" originally stands for "GNU."

So I was saying (mostly tongue-in-cheek) that it probably wouldn't be appropriate.

Sorry for the confusion, and I appreciate the clarification here too. :)

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