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From: julian@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Julian Cowley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: GNU C versus Objective-C
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Date: 25 Oct 88 20:48:20 GMT
References: <17780@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> <[9.5]karl@ddsw1.alt.next> <12935@oberon.USC.EDU> <5716@hoptoad.uucp> <4608@polya.Stanford.EDU>
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In article <4608@polya.Stanford.EDU> shap@polya.Stanford.EDU (Jonathan S. Shapiro) writes:
>To what extent has NeXT altered these components in a way that will
>preclude my keeping them up to date off of GNU's distributions?  In
>particular, I am concerned about the implications for library
>compatibility, or more generally, How do I know that when I upgrade my
>GNU compiler to 1.N+1 that it will continue to be compatible with the
>portion of the NeXT stuff that is proprietary?

Any changes that have been made to the GNU code will have to remain free
according to the copylefts.  I would venture to say that the FSF will
incorporate NeXT's changes into the official distributions so that
subsequent releases will continue to be supported on the NeXT computer.

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