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need interpretation of GPL.

#72243
From: Marc Beaulieu
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1992 20:18
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Hi.

the GNU CC GPL, paragraph 2, 2nd point states:

"cause the whole of any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole
or in part contains or is a derivative of GNU CC or any part thereof,
to be licensed at no charge to all third parties on terms identical
to those contained in this License Agreement..."

If we use GCC (or G++) to compile a program, does our program have to be
licensed under the GPL (we cannot sell the executables generated.)?

The basis under this interpretation is that our executables contain
C++ library code and thus "contains or is a derivative of GNU CC".

Is this interpretation correct?
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Subject: need interpretation of GPL.
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