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In article <1992Aug31.143111.9296@Trirex.COM> trirex!taff@uunet.uu.net  
(Tom Affinito) writes:
> In article <BtLso6.5H4@world.std.com> gsk@world.std.com (Geoffrey S  
> Knauth) writes:
> > Quick Status
> > ------------
> > There have been several dozen positive responses (zero negative) to
> > the idea of creating a free software library containing Objective C.
> > 
> > Simson Garfinkel, Dave Pollak, Richard Stallman and I may meet next
> > week in Boston to determine a preliminary course of action.  Simson
> > and Dave and Dennis Glatting all have code to start this project
> > rolling.
> > 
> > I've also heard Cygnus Support may be interested in this project, or
> > they may have an existing project of their own.
> > 
> > This is for you, the public.  If you want to be heard, climb aboard.
> > -- 
> > Geoffrey S. Knauth, Marble Associates, Inc.                Member  
> BCS-NeXT, LPF
> > gsk@marble.com, (617) 891-5555 work, (617) 547-5247 home   Standard  
> Disclaimers
> 
> If I use gcc and this library and runtime, will I be able to sell  
programs  
> I develop with it?  If the GNU source code license holds with regard to  
> the class library, then could there be problems for developers in this  
> regard?
> 
> just curious ...
> 
> Tom Affinito

The run time and class Object will be bundled with libgcc and therefore  
covered by the same license (included from libgcc1.c below).  The object  
library, however, will most likely be CopyLeft. 

--- GPL from libgcc1.c ---
This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
later version.

In addition to the permissions in the GNU General Public License, the
Free Software Foundation gives you unlimited permission to link the
compiled version of this file with other programs, and to distribute
those programs without any restriction coming from the use of this
file.  (The General Public License restrictions do apply in other
respects; for example, they cover modification of the file, and
distribution when not linked into another program.)
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