License question..._(re)

Thu, 5 Jun 1997 22:41:12 +0100 (WET DST)

On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Orlando Llanes wrote:

> Thanks for the help with the port statements! I figure that $define'ing
> them will save time because of no stack operations (right? :}). I was
> looking at the FAQ again, and saw the license, I can see that GPC can be as
> big as GCC, but the problem I have is that what I want with it conflicts
> with it's license, I want to develop computer games commercial/shareware. I

As far as I can see, the GPL does not prohibit you to write a commercial
application with GPC.

The compiler (GPC) itself is covered by the GPL, which basically prohibits
you to make some changes to the source and then sell it (GPC) *without*
making your changes public.

> will be writing my own Game Libraries, and am willing to make them free
> under GNU to develop commercially or for education. But what puts me in the
> spot is that the license in a way says I can't develop comemrcially? Are
> there exceptions or exclusions?
> 

The code you produce with GPC is not automatically covered by the GPL.
Each program you compile is linked against libgcc.a and libgpc.a, which
are covered by the LGPL (Library GPL). This is exactly because otherwise
the resulting application would be covered by the GPL.
The LGPL is less restricting.

Hope this helps,
JanJaap

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Jan-Jaap van der Heijden (janjaap@Wit381304.student.utwente.nl)