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Article #63034Re: Commercial apps written with GCC?
From: Myles Williams
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 00:46
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 00:46
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>Yes, but of course it would link with their libraries since it uses >their standard functions (i.e. even 'printf' is part of a GNU library >with GCC). The GNU C library and GCC are not joined at the hip. The GCC-compatible library sold by Cygnus exists for people who want to use GCC but don't want to mess with the LGPL. >: If you link with GNU libraries, then you are bound to satisfy one of >: the three alternatives in the LGPL. >What are the 'three alternatives' ? That should be four alternatives, and they are specified in Section 6 paragraph 2 of the LGPL. Paragraph 1 allows you to avoid these alternatives if you place your application under a license that does not restrict the consumer's use of the binary. Header files are apparently covered by Section 5 paragraph 4. According to it, inclusion of GNU header files during compilation does not bring the object file under any GNU license. Myles Williams I'm not a lawyer.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,a0c86beb4fbc7dd X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-15 16:48:23 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!martha.utk.edu!newsserver!williams From: williams@martha.utcc.utk.edu (Myles Williams) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Commercial apps written with GCC? Date: 16 Mar 1995 00:46:24 GMT Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville Lines: 22 Message-ID: <WILLIAMS.95Mar15194624@martha.utcc.utk.edu> References: <3k558j$79b@news.umbc.edu> <WILLIAMS.95Mar14194420@martha.utcc.utk.edu> <3k7bfe$obf@news.umbc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: martha.utcc.utk.edu In-reply-to: propf@zeus.towson.edu's message of 15 Mar 1995 18:25:50 GMT