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- From: jbuck@forney.berkeley.edu (Joe Buck)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
- Subject: Re: GNU 56000 C Compiler
- Date: 24 Jul 1992 20:39:52 GMT
- Organization: U. C. Berkeley
- Lines: 33
- Message-ID: <14ppqoINNigu@agate.berkeley.edu>
- References: <570@cow.ecs.oz>
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- Keywords: GNU, QUERY, COST, MOTOROLA
-
- In article <570@cow.ecs.oz> bmp@cow.ecs.oz (Bruce Paterson) writes:
- >We have been looking for a C compiler for the Motorola 56001 DSP.
- >Motorola tells us they have a GNU C compiler available for A$914
- >and the source is available for a massive "handling" charge of A$250.
-
- >Is Motorola really in a position to charge for this compiler when a GNU
- >compiler is usually free except for distribution ?
-
- Motorola can charge whatever they want; the GPL provides no limit.
- When you buy the compiler, you get Motorola-proprietary tools (the
- assembler and linker as well). They only provide source code for
- the Gnu-derived code.
-
- If you don't want to pay, you can get it by anonymous FTP from
- site nic.funet.fi [128.214.6.100], file
- ~pub/ham/dsp/m56k-tools/g56k.tar.Z.
-
- Note that the freely available software simply turns C code into
- 56000 assembly code; you'll still need an assembler and linker.
-
- > Is this charge
- >purely Motorola's charge for the documentation printed on Motorola
- >letterhead paper, or does it represent some other special deal with
- >the Open Software Foundation ?
-
- Please, OSF != FSF. OSF is a corporate partnership between Dec, HP,
- and a number of other companies to prevent AT&T from controlling the
- Unix market.
-
-
-
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- Joe Buck jbuck@ohm.berkeley.edu
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