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From: Philip Blundell <Philip.Blundell@pobox.com>
To: emin.karayel@omikron.net
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: GPL-License
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:07:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E131w2w-0000pK-00@kings-cross.london.uk.eu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000101bfd552$9e0697d0$2b0216ac@workflow.omikron.net>

>So my question is, whether the output of gcc/g++ is covered by the GPL,
>or nor ?

Not that I know of.  The code generated by a compiler isn't a `derived work'.
Of course, I don't speak as a lawyer.

>Is it possible to develop comercial software with gcc/g++ ?

Yes, though you may need to pay attention to which libraries you link with and 
which header files you include.

p.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2000-06-13 12:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-06-13  9:20 GPL-License Emin Karayel
2000-06-13  9:39 ` GPL-License Olivier Galibert
2000-06-13 12:07 ` Philip Blundell [this message]
2000-06-13 12:35 ` GPL-License Jeffrey A Law
2000-06-13 15:51 GPL-License Mike Stump

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