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Re: GPL question
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- To: dfhgjwetgtry <sendspam at mailinator dot com>
- Cc: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:14:02 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: GPL question
- References: <1287328.post@talk.nabble.com> <87irvdo6vc.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> 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.
And for further details, please refer to the GPL FAQ at
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html>, specifically
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#CanIUseGPLToolsForNF>.
Gerald