On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Bert Shuler <[email protected]> wrote: > If I write a program in c, and compile it with gcc, that does not require my > new program to be >gpl, even though gcc is, correct?
Partly. gcc is actually one of many qgpl (quasi-gpl) licensed programs out there. Some did it by accident, others (such as gcc) included explicit deviations from the gpl. As gcc embeds some of its code into the executable, the GPL *would* infect the result, but for the exclusions granted in the gcc license. A livecode compile to a standalone would put significant amounts of livecode code into the executable, and it would be subject to the license of that code. Compile the same stack with the commercial version, and even though you used the gcc version to edit/develop, you haven't included it in your output, and you have a GPL-free executable. -- Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
