[PPL-devel] PPL v0.10 & GPLv2+

[Roberto Bagnara]

Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote:
> I am using PPL in the MELT branch of GCC.
> 
> I am interested by knowing approximately:
> 
>   1. When will the next version of PPL (0.10) be released? Hopefully 
> soon... PPL is really in good shape

Hi Basile,


>   2. Is there any possibility to have the next version of PPL be GPLv3 
> compatible (ie legally usable inside GCC) 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2008-09/msg00375.html
> at least by switching to GPLv2+ (which is really not a big license change)

There is some misunderstanding here: all the released versions of the PPL
have been under GPLv2+.  The CVS HEAD version is GPLv3+ since July 12, 2007
(i.e., two weeks after the publication of GPLv3), it has always been GPLv2+
before that date.
All the best,

    Roberto

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