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Weblog:   Is Linksys shirking the GPL? (Maybe not.)
Subject:   How I'd cheat
Date:   2003-07-31 10:45:04
From:   anonymous2
Response to: GCC Issues

First, I'd hack on GCC to accept a table of line numbers, file names, line text, and "foreign text files". Next when I invoke GCC to read a GPL'ed source file, When GCC sees a matching line number and text, it sees an implied #include, and fetches whatever mods I want to make but not publish. So this way, I've modified the GCC (which mods I may keep private), but have not touched the source. Distribute new binary, Profit!
Sincerely (somewhat), phred.
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  • How I'd cheat
    2003-07-31 22:02:33  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

    You still then would be releasing a modified binary. What does it matter how you modified it?
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