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From: gl8f@astsun7.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
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Subject: Re: Lotus 1-2-3 was compiled with GNU C compiler!?
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Date: 15 Jul 90 05:15:23 GMT
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In article <1276@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:

>  And if you compile with gcc you then have to distribute the source
>with the binary, right?

No, only if you use gnu source code -- e.g. a gnu library of some
type. I doubt that Lotus did.

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