Path: utzoo!telly!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!sharkey!itivax!scs From: scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve Simmons) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Request For Standard Repostings Message-ID: <2494@itivax.iti.org> Date: 1 Aug 89 13:29:25 GMT References: <2478@itivax.iti.org> Distribution: gnu Organization: Industrial Technology Institute, Ann Arbor, MI. Lines: 20 shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) writes: >On 31 Jul 89 13:25:31 GMT, >scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve Simmons) said: >Steve> B. Gcc output is not copyleft, nor are linked excecutables. >Steve> Although ctr0.o and libgnu.a are copyleft, users are >Steve> explicitly permitted to use them in proprietary programs. >Excuse me? I thought they were _public domain_ and NOT copylefted... You prove my point! :-) We really need those informational postings, so morons like moi don't screw it up. Tho in my defence I must remind the readers there was a disclaimer saying I might not have it right. -- Steve Simmons scs@vax3.iti.org Industrial Technology Institute Ann Arbor, MI. "Velveeta -- the Spam of Cheeses!" -- Uncle Bonsai