Gcc 4.4.4 GPL question

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi Christina,

On Tuesday 29 Jun 2010 02:21:37 xiaoyi wang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We want to use gcc 4.4.4 to build our commercial products. But while
> reviewing the gcc licences, we got a GPL question about gcc 4.4
> prerequisite libraries GMP, MPFR and MPC. These three libraries are
> required to build gcc. However, their source trees are not bundled with
> gcc 4.4.4 source tree downloaded from gnu gcc ftp site. At the top level
> of gcc 4.4.4 source tree, there is a COPYING.RUNTIME license which grants
> additional permissions to use gcc to build commercial products. Does this
> license also cover GMP, MPFR and MPC?
> 
> My question is: is it legally safe to use gcc 4.4 to build commercial
> products without exposing our code to GPL?
> 
> Any replies are appreciated!
> 

I am not a lawyer, but as far as I know, there shouldn't be any problems. Many 
companies and individuals have been using gcc to build their non-free 
products, and still do.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

> Thanks,
> Christina

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