other/5022: gcc -lgcc only for gpl-compatible programs, others are suddenly illegal.

[rodrigc@gcc.gnu.org]

Synopsis: gcc -lgcc only for gpl-compatible programs, others are suddenly illegal.

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: rodrigc
State-Changed-When: Wed Dec  5 20:23:56 2001
State-Changed-Why:
    Read carefully in libgcc2.c:
    
    "In addition to the permissions in the GNU General Public License, the
    Free Software Foundation gives you unlimited permission to link the
    compiled version of this file into combinations with other programs,
    and to distribute those combinations without any restriction coming
    from the use of this file.  (The General Public License restrictions
    do apply in other respects; for example, they cover modification of
    the file, and distribution when not linked into a combine
    executable.)"

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