GPL legal question

[Andrew Haley]

Graeme Peterson writes:

 > Thanks.  Our lawyers are reviewing this issue, and as you point
 > out, an e-mail from someone saying "Sure, go ahead" would not be
 > enough.  I did not really expect to find free legal advice, but I
 > had hoped to open a discussion and see where it led.  Someone must
 > have thought of doing something like this before me, and I am
 > interested in their experience.  I suppose I could have worded my
 > initial posting differently, but there it is.

Have a look at the files you wish to put into the library, and see if
they really are GPL.  Not all of the files in gcc are GPL: some are
GPL+exception.

Andrew.