AW: [omniORB] egcs with enable threads required for building omni idl2?

[Duncan Grisby]

On Wednesday 17 November, "Schmidmeier, Arno" wrote:

> 	What I want to do is, create a new backendend to the
> omniidl-compilers, (preferable in python)

In that case, you don't need thread support from your C++ compiler.

> 	However I have another question. If I create a new backendend for
> omniidl, must this backendend be published under the GPL or can I =
> assume
> that the omniorb frontend is or will be under the LGPL?

The omniidl front-end and Python back-end interface are under GPL.
However, we do not consider back-ends to be derived works of the
compiler, so you may distribute back-ends you write under any
conditions you like.

Similarly, we do not impose any restrictions on the output of the
(GPL) back-ends we distribute.

I shall add statements to this effect to the omniidl distribution.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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