Hi Christina, On Tuesday 29 Jun 2010 02:21:37 xiaoyi wang wrote: > Hi, > > We want to use gcc 4.4.4 to build our commercial products. But while > reviewing the gcc licences, we got a GPL question about gcc 4.4 > prerequisite libraries GMP, MPFR and MPC. These three libraries are > required to build gcc. However, their source trees are not bundled with > gcc 4.4.4 source tree downloaded from gnu gcc ftp site. At the top level > of gcc 4.4.4 source tree, there is a COPYING.RUNTIME license which grants > additional permissions to use gcc to build commercial products. Does this > license also cover GMP, MPFR and MPC? > > My question is: is it legally safe to use gcc 4.4 to build commercial > products without exposing our code to GPL? > > Any replies are appreciated! > I am not a lawyer, but as far as I know, there shouldn't be any problems. Many companies and individuals have been using gcc to build their non-free products, and still do. Regards, Shlomi Fish > Thanks, > Christina -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ What does "Zionism" mean? - http://shlom.in/def-zionism God considered inflicting XSLT as the tenth plague of Egypt, but then decided against it because he thought it would be too evil. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
