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Re: New GCC Runtime Library Exception: not fit for purpose
Quoting Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>:
Code that is neither Target Code nor an Independent Module is code
that has never been involved with gcc, and the license does not cover
it.
There is a lot of Target code that is, per definition, not an
Independent Module because it does not use the GCC runtime library.
The license does not prohibit combining Target Code or
Independent Modules with other code, so it is permitted.
No, this is not how Copyright works. In the absence of a license you may
not distribute the resulting work.
So, if you want to combine parts of the GCC runtime library with Independent
Modules and other code, your only option (if any) is the GPL.
Likewise, if you want to combine any parts of the GCC runtime library which
are not Target Code (anything written in assembler is not Target Code, e.g.
some targets have crt*.S files) with independent modules, your only option
(if any) is the GPL.