> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 02:28:36 -0700 (PDT) > Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, jwakely....@gmail.com, qifan.z...@xpeedic.com > From: ken...@adacore.com (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.
A shared library is always a separate file.
