Re: Including free compiler in a comercial software

[Robert Dewar <dewar at adacore dot com>]

Michael Meissner wrote:

> If you are including GCC in your program, your program needs to be licensed
> such to allow this (typically gplv3).  If you are just providing the compiler
> as a separate package without modifications, then this is a much simpler matter
> (this is allowed under section 4 of the gplv3).  You really would need to talk
> to a lawyer to get an understanding of the rules and regulations for anything
> complicated (hint, most of the people reading this mailing list are not
> lawyers).

That's fair advice, but if all you want to do is to include a standard
version of gcc with sources as part of your package, that does not count
as complicated, and all you have to do is to include the file COPYING3
with a note that it refers to the included gcc compiler.