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Re:Defending GCC considered futile by gcp on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @10:06AM (#9027493)
One of the big advantages of LLVM's license in this regard is that, unlike GCC, you don't risk leaking patents either even if you did open source it. Or did they fix that now?
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Re:Defending GCC considered futile by DannyBee on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @11:14AM (#9028062)
LLVM's developer policy has required free patent grants for many years, and a number of companies have done so.

(a different number simply don't patent stuff they contribute to LLVM)

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