> This is a general question, not(?) completely off topic.
> I have never quite understood the GPL type license
> in the following sense: I write my own c++ software; I compile
> it using an open source deal like djgpp;
> if I then distribute the compiled exe, am I legally obliged to also
> distribute(i.e. my) the source code that I merely
> compiled on a GPL system?.

DGJPP, FreePASCAL, FreeBASIC (no FB-GfX): NO (see expection to GPL/LGPL)

CC386: NO (see BSD license)

FreeBASIC using FB-GfX: YES (see LGPL, but people ignore ...)



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