[ale] OT: GPL and GNU compilers

Byron A Jeff byron at cc.gatech.edu
Wed May 7 21:07:43 EDT 2003


> 
> If you ask RMS, he'll say that your code must be GPL'd. 

No he won't. Two reasons. One you give below.

>  But what I
> understand is that you can dynamically link your software with glibc and
> not disclose your source.  If you statically link, then you'll have to
> disclose.

This is under the presumption that glibc is under the GPL license.

It isn't. It's LGPLed. So simply using the library, in any form IIRC, does
not transfer the license. However if you actually modified and distributed
the library itself, then that code would have to Open Source.

That's why there's no worries here.

BAJ
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 11:19, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> >    Unfortunately I have an off-optib question about the GNU
> > compilers on Linux. If I compile my code with a GNU compiler
> > (gcc, g77, etc.), that calls functions from glibc, then is my code
> > GPL? (I don't know the license on glibc - I'm checking now).
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Jeff
> > 
> > 
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> > 
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> > 
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