ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto) (10/21/88)
In article <12935@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: [ about programs compiled with gcc having distribution limitations ] >True it couldn't copyright mine, BUT the license specifically REQUIRES >to ship the "sources" of the product compiled with GNU-C. This is not true (See GNU General Public License). A compiled program is only subject to the GNU distribution requirements if it has been linked with routines or libraries that are part of GCC or some other FSF distribution. I would expect that NeXT's port of gcc comes with libraries that NeXT wrote and allows to be distributed (as AT&T allows for the pcc libraries). -- -=] Ford [=- "The number of Unix installations (In Real Life: Mike Ditto) has grown to 10, with more expected." ford@kenobi.cts.com - The Unix Programmer's Manual, ...!sdcsvax!crash!elgar!ford 2nd Edition, June, 1972. ditto@cbmvax.commodore.com