And so where is this license located on the website? corey On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:23:18 -0700, Jeffrey A Law <law@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 15:06 -0500, Zak Greant via RT wrote: > > > [dtownsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - Tue Mar 01 18:39:18 2005]: > > > > > > I am hoping you can help me learn under what license the 'libgcc' > > > library is licensed? I haven't been able to find the definite answer > > > on this at the gcc.gnu.org website. > > > > > > I appreciate any assistance you can provide. > > > > Dear Deborah, > > > > Thank you for writing. > > > > GCC is licensed under the GPL. See http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/ > > Copying.html > That is not entirely correct for the component Deborah asked about. > > Deborah asked about libgcc, which is the basic underlying runtime > support necessary to use GCC. > > libgcc's license is what is typically known as "GPL + libgcc exception": > > /* More subroutines needed by GCC output code on some machines. */ > /* Compile this one with gcc. */ > /* Copyright (C) 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, > 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > This file is part of GCC. > > GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under > the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free > Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later > version. > > In addition to the permissions in the GNU General Public License, the > Free Software Foundation gives you unlimited permission to link the > compiled version of this file into combinations with other programs, > and to distribute those combinations without any restriction coming > from the use of this file. (The General Public License restrictions > do apply in other respects; for example, they cover modification of > the file, and distribution when not linked into a combine > executable.) > > GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY > WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or > FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License > for more details. > > You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License > along with GCC; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free > Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA > 02111-1307, USA. */ > >
