From: jbradford@dial.pipex.com
Message-Id: <200210211246.g9LCk47l002728@darkstar.example.net>
Subject: Re: Bitkeeper outrage, old and new
To: mark@mark.mielke.cc (Mark Mielke)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:46:04 +0100 (BST)
Cc: xaxxon@chopper.slackworks.com, nwourms@netscape.net,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
In-Reply-To: <20021020084056.GD5064@mark.mielke.cc> from "Mark Mielke" at Oct 20, 2002 04:40:56 AM
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> > I disagree with your statement that his rants are off topic.  Unless you 
> > believe that the purpose of Linux isn't the advancement of Free software, 
> > then debating the merits of using non-Free software in the development 
> > process of a major cornerstone of the Free software movement is 
> > fundamentally on topic.  
> 
> Ask Richard if GCC was ever initially bootstrapped using a non-GPL
> compiler suite.

As far as I know:

It was initially developed as a C front end to VUCK, but was later
re-written, using none of the VUCK code, but initially keeping parts
of the C front end.  The GNU project was originally developed without
using any proprietary software.

So, non-GPL software was used, but the software that was used was, at
least to begin with, all non-proprietary.

John
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