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. */
