Joe,
The Official GPL FAQ is here:
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl-faq.html
There is an entry for specifically covering your question:
"Q: I use the C or C++ programming language, and I compile with GCC. Must
I release software I write in the language under the same license as GCC?
A: Use of GCC makes no requirements about the license of your program."
Also witness the *BSD projects, who are mostly all BSD licensed (aka, the
subvertible by proprietary interests license). They use gcc as their
compiler.
The effects of gcc being GPL licensed mean that if you make changes to it,
you must release the source code of your changes to the people to whom you
distrubte the changed gcc.
GPL does not change the license of programs who want to use its code - it
is just a prerequisite that the programs have a GPL-compatible license as
a prerequisite for using the GPL'd code. So, someone violating the GPL
gets asked to remove the GPL'd code, or comply w/ the GPL's terms
(violator's choice).
-pete
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, 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.
>
> These resulting programs that we developed, do they fall under GPL/Open
> Source as well since GPL is otherwise known as Contagious License? This
> normally means that if one used codes that fall under GPL then the resulting
> programs are GPL as well. If one did not use any GPL codes other than GCC,
> does that programs/software became proprietary or open source?
>
> Thanks in advance for the answer.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Joe
> RLU# 186063
> "Reading is the essence of knowledge"
>
>
>
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