Thanks Tom
Thanks Craig
The reason for my question was because I saw some software, having developed
using GCC, were distributed as proprietary and some are labeled as
commercial.
I guess these developers should give many thanks and appreciation to the
developers of GCC and should contribute to Free Software cause... unlike
MS.... Hotmail, Interix etc... use GPL but never admit it nor appreciate it,
rather it chose to bash and bash and bash...
Stupid people never learn.
OK, thank again sirs! Have a good day!
Best Regards,
Joe
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Cut & Paste: Tom Badran [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]:
Anything you create under gcc you are free to distribute under any terms you
wish. The libraries are released under the lgpl which means you can
dynamically (and possibly statically) link to them with no requirements on
your part. Basically, unless you use anyhting more than libc and glibc you
dont have to release your software under the gpl
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] GCC 3.0 - Question on GPL
>
>
> Shahrimi Johann wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > just a question.
> > GCC is a GPL, open source software and it comes with libraries
> that will be
> > used in the programs that are created using them.
>
> I'm no expert on the GPL, but, as I understand it, it only becomes viral
> when you use source from another GPL'd program. It doesn't much matter
> if you compile it with gcc, cc or any other compiler.
>
> Libraries are a little different, and fall under the LGPL, and I'm not
> very familiar with that at all.
>
> Just my .02.
>
> --
> Craig Sprout
> Network Administrator
> Crown Parts and Machine, Inc.
> http://www.crownpartsandmachine.com/
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