This is the mail archive of the gcc@gcc.gnu.org mailing list for the GCC project.

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format:	[Raw text]

Re: Compiling programs licensed under the GPL version 2 with GCC 4.4

From: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini at gnu dot org>
To: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:47:29 +0200
Subject: Re: Compiling programs licensed under the GPL version 2 with GCC 4.4
References: <87y6qcfprf.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>

On 07/25/2009 10:53 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:

The run-time library is GPL version 3 or
later, which is incompatible with GPL version 2, so it is not
permitted to link this with the GPLv2-only program and distribute the
result.  (Previous discussions have centered on infringing GCC's
license, so this is different.)

You should have said why here or at least further down in the thread. Instead you always used vague terms.

I now understand fully the issue because it was pointed out to me outside the ML in a much more complete way. And it is definitely none of this list's business---which is why I'm not mentioning the real source of doubt in this message, either.

Paolo

References:
- Compiling programs licensed under the GPL version 2 with GCC 4.4
  - From: Florian Weimer

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]