Re: macOS 64-bit

[Marnen Laibow-Koser]

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 6:22 PM David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

> Marnen Laibow-Koser <address@hidden> writes:
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> > On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 5:01 PM David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> marnen <address@hidden> writes:
> >>
> >> > My understanding from other posts here (correct me if I'm wrong) is
> >> > that a major (legal, not technical) roadblock for doing this with GUB
> >> > is the licensing requirement that seems to require that Xcode be run
> >> > on Apple hardware, and the lack of consistent availability of Apple
> >> > hardware for builds.
> >>
> >> The GPL 3.0 does not allow additional restrictions such as requiring
> >> certain hardware.  Availability is not an issue, the restrictions are.
> >>
> > [...]
> >
> > Xcode is not governed by GPL3, and AFAIK it's the only component at issue
> > here whose license stipulates particular hardware.
>
> GUB is governed by the GPLv3.  Nobody claims that people may not
> independently create ports of LilyPond for MacOSX but creating them as
> part of GUB in the general release process is not an option with the
> current Xcode license.


Perhaps I don’t understand.  If GUB merely calls out to Xcode, how is this
a GPL3 issue?


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