Question about GCC license for commercial use

[Richard Kenner]

> That's not what RMS told me when I asked him some time ago.  He said
> that, since libgcc DLL and libstdc++ DLL are basically separate files
> and thus separate builds of the libraries, the run-time exception you
> pointed to is not applicable to them.  Quoting his response back then:
> 
>   There is nothing in this exception that would permit distribution
>   of libgcc itself -- as a separate file -- other than under the GPL.

Yes, but the discussion wasn't about "as a separate file", but as a file
that's part of the distribution of another program.