> However in the case of the objective C compiler I cannot see what > would legally prevent the NeXT model. NeXT would distribute GPL'ed > source code; which they are allowed to. They would also distribute > some proprietary object files which just happened to be able to > link together with the GPL'ed source code. FSF can't prevent that.
the trick: it doesn't just happen to link with the gpl code, it requires it and is thus related enough to be a modification. or something like that. i'm not certain of the details. --p. "For a price I'd do about anything, except pull the trigger: for that I'd need a pretty good cause" -- Queensryche, "Revolution Calling" PGP 5.0 key (0xE024447449) at http://cif.rochester.edu/~jpt/pubkey.txt
