Re:The secret call to Andy Grove that may have helped Apple ...
by koffiezet on Friday August 03, 2018 @06:28AM
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The dropping of GCC and adopting LLVM is directly related to the pending switch to GPLv3 of GCC.
If there's one thing companies don't like, it's uncertainty - and the whole GPLv3 discussion gave them exactly that. They needed an alternative - and placed their bets on the more liberally licensed LLVM project.
If there's one thing companies don't like, it's uncertainty - and the whole GPLv3 discussion gave them exactly that. They needed an alternative - and placed their bets on the more liberally licensed LLVM project.