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RE: program compiled with GCC
- From: "Stephano Mariani" <sk dot ml at btinternet dot com>
- To: "'Adrian von Bidder'" <avbidder at acter dot ch>,"'Nuotio Mikko'" <mikko dot nuotio at sonera dot com>
- Cc: <gcc at gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 22:07:16 -0000
- Subject: RE: program compiled with GCC
But gcc does not produce object files... only assembly. GAS or
equivalent assembler makes the object files.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org] On Behalf
Of
> Adrian von Bidder
> Sent: 08 January 2002 15:35
> To: Nuotio Mikko
> Cc: gcc@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: program compiled with GCC
>
> On Tue, 2002-01-08 at 16:23, Nuotio Mikko wrote:
> >
> > I was building a game with SDL Library (LGPL) and I compiled it with
> > gcc(GPL) (in linux)
> >
> > So if LGPL says that there has to be at least object code(of game)
> > available, but if I compile it with gcc, does it still mean I don't
> > have to release source code of the game.
>
> GCC has a special clause that object files generated by gcc are not to
> be considered derivative works as per definition of the GPL.
>
> (writing this from memory so I hope I got the terms right.)
>
> greets from Zürich
> -- vbi