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From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Restrictions on free UNIX / 386BSD (Re: selling 386BSD)
Message-ID: <MTFIBEA@taronga.com>
Date: 18 Aug 92 13:09:22 GMT
References: <PHR.92Aug17112028@soda.berkeley.edu> <9208171721.29@rmkhome.UUCP> <PHR.92Aug17195332@soda.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
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In article <PHR.92Aug17195332@soda.berkeley.edu> phr@soda.berkeley.edu (Paul Rubin) writes:
>The FSF has stated in numerous publications that GCC *output* is
>not covered by the GPL. I don't remember whether the GPL itself
>states this specifically; maybe it should.
The FSF is not the entity they're worried about. It's J Random pirate
who uses this argument as a defense.
>Note that some routines in the FSF-distributed C library are
>copylefted and can't be shipped linked into a binary-only product
>except in some conditions.
Hey, I thought they'd changed the library-GPL to avoid this! What's
the story here?
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