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Re: cp/inc licensing
On Apr 29, 2000, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure whether or not anyone has yet sent you the license
> notices at issue. I've attached first the libgcc2 notice
> /* As a special exception, if you link this library with other files,
> some of which are compiled with GCC, to produce an executable,
> this library does not by itself cause the resulting executable
> to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
> This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why
> the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
BTW, I've just noticed that libgcc1.c contains, in addition to this
paragraph, another one that says essentially the same:
In addition to the permissions in the GNU General Public License, the
Free Software Foundation gives you unlimited permission to link the
compiled version of this file with other programs, and to distribute
those programs without any restriction coming from the use of this
file. (The General Public License restrictions do apply in other
respects; for example, they cover modification of the file, and
distribution when not linked into another program.)
Is this a remnant of an old wording of the license exception, or does
it cover some other aspect I'm missing?
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