Re: Compiler for Red Hat Linux 8

[Alex Rosenberg <alexr@spies.com>]

on 7/18/01 10:41 PM, Per Bothner at per@bothner.com wrote:

> Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.com> writes:
> 
>> Per Bothner wrote:
>>> If A gives B a GPL'd compiler under the proviso of a NDA prohibiting
>>> A from distributing the compiler to third parties that is a very
>>> different matter.  I don't think that in itself violate the GPL.
>> 
>> Nope, read it again.  The GPL requires that all recipients be given a
>> license to redistribute.
> 
> But A is not the recipient - A is the one providing the compile to B.
> B is of course free to redistribute the compiler.  But we are talking
> about the case where the NDA binds *A*, not B.  Think A==RedHat;
> B==Intel; RedHat signs NDA and develops compiler port; Intel receives
> compiler from GCC.  RedHat is bound by the NDA; Intel is free to
> r-distribute GCC under GPL, and is not bound by the NDA;  viola no
> conflict.
> 
> Now if Intel then distributes GCC to a third party under an NDA,
> *then* there is a confloct.

It sounds like you've just described a common situation. Notably, this
sounds like the Playtation 2 situation.

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