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mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes:

>software by people like Next.  As a result, the GPL contains the
>following clause to allow what Next does:

>  Source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making
>  modifications to it.  For an executable file, complete source code means
>  all the source code for all modules it contains; but, as a special
>  exception, it need not include source code for modules which are standard
>  libraries that accompany the operating system on which the executable
>  file runs, or for standard header files or definitions files that
>  accompany that operating system.

Ouch! How can you read through COPYING three times and still miss that? Here I
was expecting to sit back and and watch the sparks fly... :-)

It does not seem to cover add-ons, not part of the original operating
system, like a third party TCP/IP or X-windows, though... Lot of vendors seem
to unbundle their development systems too, I.e. you can get your libraries
from a third party. Do I have to make sure my source is compilable with the 
operating systems vendors original development system?