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Re: GPL question
- From: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>
- To: dfhgjwetgtry <sendspam at mailinator dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:53:43 +0100
- Subject: Re: GPL question
- References: <1287328.post@talk.nabble.com>
* dfhgjwetgtry:
> If I compile source code using GCC, that does not require me to
> open-source the resulting program under the GPL, correct?
Compiling a program with GCC does not by itself cause the resulting
executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This does
not however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might
be covered by the GNU General Public License.