[gnu.org #223840] Under what license is libgcc licensed?

[corey taylor]

And so where is this license located on the website?

corey

On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:23:18 -0700, Jeffrey A Law <law@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 15:06 -0500, Zak Greant via RT wrote:
> > > [dtownsend@generalcounselor.com - Tue Mar 01 18:39:18 2005]:
> > >
> > > I am hoping you can help me learn under what license the 'libgcc'
> > > library is licensed?  I haven't been able to find the definite answer
> > > on this at the gcc.gnu.org website.
> > >
> > > I appreciate any assistance you can provide.
> >
> > Dear Deborah,
> >
> > Thank you for writing.
> >
> > GCC is licensed under the GPL. See http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/
> > Copying.html
> That is not entirely correct for the component Deborah asked about.
> 
> Deborah asked about libgcc, which is the basic underlying runtime
> support necessary to use GCC.
> 
> libgcc's license is what is typically known as "GPL + libgcc exception":
> 
> /* More subroutines needed by GCC output code on some machines.  */
> /* Compile this one with gcc.  */
> /* Copyright (C) 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
>    2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> 
> This file is part of GCC.
> 
> GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
> the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
> Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
> version.
> 
> 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.)
> 
> GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
> WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
> for more details.
> 
> You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> along with GCC; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
> Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
> 02111-1307, USA.  */
> 
>