<h2>Legal Prerequisites</h2>
<p>
-The <code>gccgo</code> frontend is part of the GCC compiler, and it
-follows the <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html">GCC
-contribution rules</a>. In particular, for substantial
-patches—more than 10 lines—you must have a copyright
-assignment with the Free Software Foundation.
+You must follow the <a href="contribute.html#copyright">Go copyright
+rules.</a>
</p>
<h2>Code</h2>
<p>
This document explains how to use <code>gccgo</code>, a compiler for
the Go language. The <code>gccgo</code> compiler is a new frontend
-for <code>gcc</code>, the widely used GNU compiler.
-Like <code>gcc</code> itself, <code>gccgo</code> is free software
-distributed under
+for <code>gcc</code>, the widely used GNU compiler. Although the
+frontend itself is under a BSD-style license, <code>gccgo</code> is
+normally used as part of <code>gcc</code> and is then covered by
the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public
License</a>.
</p>