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On Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:30:39 -0400, jayjwa wrote:

> If you're not building such things, you probably don't need it. I hear
> the LLVM license is more permissive, though that doesn't affect me.

It now uses the Apache 2.0 license as does Clang.  Apple originally tried 
to use gcc with LLVM for Objective C. There were technical difficulties 
plus the GPL.