chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) (05/09/91)
According to cadsi@ccad.uiowa.edu (CADSI): >From article <2826D9E7.407F@tct.com>, by chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg): >> G++ 1.39 ... is free, too. > >BUT, you're not supposed to make money on what you compile with G++, >right? I thought I read that before. Wrong. You can make money off a program compiled with G++. In fact, we have our very first C++ project in beta test right now, and it's all compiled with G++. The trick is that you can't distribute a program containing GNU code (like the GNU C++ library "libg++") unless you also distribute source code to the whole program linked therewith. We avoid this problem by avoiding libg++. A new version of the GNU public license may soon make a special case of libraries, by requiring distribution of library source code, but not the source code of the program(s) linked with the library. Stay tuned in gcc.announce and gnu.misc.discuss. -- Brand X Industries Sentient and Semi-Sentient Being Resources Department: Because Sometimes, "Human" Just Isn't Good Enough [tm] Chip Salzenberg <chip@tct.com>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip>