Re: Now it's my compiler!

[Rjack]

Andrew Halliwell wrote:
> Rjack <user@example.net> wrote:
> > Which is complete, 100% bullshit. 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 :)