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James Michael DuPont mdupont777@yahoo.com
Fri, 21 Jun 2002 01:02:37 -0700 (PDT)
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Hello!

My name is James Michael DuPont,
I am working on a project to extend the GCC compiler.
The introspector.sf.net.

To safely implement this, a new license scheme that is
to be compatible with the GPL is needed.

Before I propose this let me point out a few things
that are often misunderstood :

1. The GPL protects the GCC against people not
publishing front and back ends to the compiler. With a
less restrictive license, we would have less of the
gcc.

2. Copyright does not cover the inputs and outputs and
usage(how and why it is run) of software. This license
attempts to via an END user license aggreement.

3. I am not trying to change the license of any
existing software, I am trying to access the internal
data of GPLed programs while protecting it as if it
were in memory of the program.

4. The motivation for creating this library is to
create a haven for free software tools to interact
with the meta data of the compilers.
It is not a ge