From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2497 invoked by alias); 15 Oct 2002 16:43:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 2490 invoked from network); 15 Oct 2002 16:43:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO fencepost.gnu.org) (199.232.76.164) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 15 Oct 2002 16:43:47 -0000 Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 181UnL-0006La-00 for gcc@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:43:47 -0400 Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 181UnG-0003VY-00 for gcc@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:43:43 -0400 Received: from web13310.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.173.222]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.10) id 181UnF-0003VD-00 for gcc@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:43:41 -0400 Message-ID: <20021015164339.29314.qmail@web13310.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [194.202.25.243] by web13310.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 09:43:39 PDT Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:04:00 -0000 From: James Michael DuPont Subject: Re: XML dumping and GraphViz/VCG in the GCC ast-optimizer-branch To: Robert Dewar , gcc@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <20021015143401.04DF6F28CE@nile.gnat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.9 required=5.0 tests=FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, SPAM_PHRASE_00_01 version=2.41 X-Spam-Level: X-SW-Source: 2002-10/txt/msg00835.txt.bz2 --- Robert Dewar wrote: > < pointing > out that the .dot files are a file format that is read by the > non-free > software GraphViz. It strikes me funny that the gcc would explicitly > support a non-free software, and serve it files. > >> > > This is confused, it is not at all correct to say that gcc is > "explicitly > supporting a non-free software and serving it files". If gcc is used > int > this way, it might well be a copyright violation. And the only way to > determine this would be through litigation. Certainly there is no > policy > statement that says that this is permissible. Wait a second... What other way to use these .dot files, but to feed them to the dot program? "If the gcc is used in this way"? it modified by one of the gcc developers to be used that way. This issue is with the dump-tree-dot function. It used to be named dump-tree-graphviz ! Diego has tried to remove references to the origins of this tool, but all I can say is that support GraphViz is much less in line with FSF policy then by trying to replace it. See the change logs: 2002-05-02 * tree-dump.c (dump_files): Rename -fdump-tree-graphviz to -fdump-tree-dot. 2001-08-20 the code was first added. So, I would say that proverbial right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. mike ===== James Michael DuPont http://introspector.sourceforge.net/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com