-fdump-translation-unit output and GPL

[Ian Lance Taylor]

"Nick Rolins" <nrolins@gmail.com> writes:

> If I make a program that calls by command line the gcc executable with
> -fdump-translation-unit option and parses the dump output file,
> does it have to adhere to the GPL license ?
> 
> If it doesn't have to adhere to the GPL license, how about if my
> program gets the dump output by a pipe or a socket ?

Different people will give you different answers about different
situations.  There is no clear answer.  This mailing list is
unfortunately not the right place to ask GPL licensing questions.

I would suggest the gnu.misc.discuss newsgroup.  Or asking the Free
Software Foundation directly.

Ian