program compiled with GCC

[Stephano Mariani]

But gcc does not produce object files... only assembly. GAS or
equivalent assembler makes the object files.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org] On Behalf
Of
> Adrian von Bidder
> Sent: 08 January 2002 15:35
> To: Nuotio Mikko
> Cc: gcc@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: program compiled with GCC
> 
> On Tue, 2002-01-08 at 16:23, Nuotio Mikko wrote:
> >
> > I was building a game with SDL Library (LGPL) and I compiled it with
> > gcc(GPL) (in linux)
> >
> > So if LGPL says that there has to be at least object code(of game)
> > available, but if I compile it with gcc, does it  still mean I don't
> > have to release source code of the game.
> 
> GCC has a special clause that object files generated by gcc are not to
> be considered derivative works as per definition of the GPL.
> 
> (writing this from memory so I hope I got the terms right.)
> 
> greets from Zürich
> -- vbi