clarify llvm-gcc GPL issue
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@34486 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
diff --git a/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html b/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html
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--- a/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html
+++ b/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html
@@ -442,13 +442,13 @@
read the <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/UoI-NCSA.php">License</a>
if further clarification is needed.</p>
- <p>Note that the LLVM Project does distribute some code that includes GPL
- software (notably, llvm-gcc which is based on the GCC GPL source base).
+ <p>Note that the LLVM Project does distribute llvm-gcc, <b>which is GPL.</b>
This means that anything "linked" into llvm-gcc must itself be compatible
with the GPL, and must be releasable under the terms of the GPL. This implies
- that <b>any code linked into llvm-gcc and distributed to others may be
- subject to
- the viral aspects of the GPL</b>. This is not a problem for the main LLVM
+ that <b>any code linked into llvm-gcc and distributed to others may be subject
+ to the viral aspects of the GPL</b> (for example, a proprietary code generator
+ linked into llvm-gcc must be made available under
+ the GPL). This is not a problem for the main LLVM
distribution (which is already licensed under a more liberal license), but may
be a problem if you intend to base commercial development on llvm-gcc without
redistributing your source code.</p>