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Re: Compiling programs licensed under the GPL version 2 with GCC 4.4
On 2009-07-25 18:57:25 -0700, Joe Buck wrote:
> That's incorrect. The runtime library is GPLv3 or later, but with an
> *exception* that permits linking not only with GPLv2 programs, but
> also with proprietary programs.
If the runtime library is GPLv3 or later, shouldn't programs linked
with it state that and be distributed with a copy of this licence?
I think I've never seen this (except for programs that are themselves
GPLv3 or later).
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