From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25251 invoked by alias); 26 Jul 2009 07:12:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 25228 invoked by uid 22791); 26 Jul 2009 07:12:26 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp4-g21.free.fr (HELO smtp4-g21.free.fr) (212.27.42.4) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:12:15 +0000 Received: from smtp4-g21.free.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48A6E4C80E1; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:12:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from xvii.vinc17.org (c5850-a2-3-62-147-8-130.dial.proxad.net [62.147.8.130]) by smtp4-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C61674C80D7; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:12:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from vinc17 by xvii.vinc17.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MUxsl-0001dQ-DB; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:10:55 +0200 Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:12:00 -0000 From: Vincent Lefevre To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Compiling programs licensed under the GPL version 2 with GCC 4.4 Message-ID: <20090726071055.GA5153@xvii.vinc17.org> Mail-Followup-To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org References: <87y6qcfprf.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <20090726015725.GA29580@synopsys.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20090726015725.GA29580@synopsys.com> X-Mailer-Info: http://www.vinc17.org/mutt/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20-5997-vl-r30587 (2009-07-24) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2009-07/txt/msg00527.txt.bz2 On 2009-07-25 18:57:25 -0700, Joe Buck wrote: > That's incorrect. The runtime library is GPLv3 or later, but with an > *exception* that permits linking not only with GPLv2 programs, but > also with proprietary programs. If the runtime library is GPLv3 or later, shouldn't programs linked with it state that and be distributed with a copy of this licence? I think I've never seen this (except for programs that are themselves GPLv3 or later). -- Vincent Lefèvre - Web: 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)