From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 5:00:09 AM UTC+8, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
      
   > > > > > And as a result, the tools, including GCC 3.2.3, can be   
   > > > > > rebuilt under PDOS/386.   
   > > >   
   > > > > Well at least it's not restricted by GPL   
      
   > > > Pardon?   
      
   > I thought 'muta...@gmail.com''s quest was for totally PD code, so seeing   
   > GCC in the mix )plus his? potentially commercial (app?) is a bit strange.   
      
   The OS and C library are completely public domain.   
      
   Currently there aren't any good options to replace   
   some of the copyrighted tools like GCC.   
      
   What is wrong with including a commercial product   
   as part of the distribution too?   
      
   You can delete any of those things and still have a   
   system. In fact, the UC386 distribution does indeed   
   only have public domain code.   
      
   But with only public domain tools available, you can't   
   immediately build the OS if you wish to make a change.   
   You will first have a requirement to improve the   
   bundled C compiler that is only a subset of C90.   
      
   What alternative do you suggest? Especially to warrant   
   sarcasm about a product that has been under development   
   for nearly 30 years. You would have whipped it up over a   
   weekend? But the dog ate your keyboard the weekend you   
   were about to do that?   
      
   BTW, Jean-Marc, who used to participate here, and even   
   mentioned a public domain C compiler here, is working on   
   SubC at the moment. Hopefully, after literally 50 years, the   
   public will own a C90-compliant compiler soon.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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