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From: ag@elgar.UUCP (Keith Gabryelski)
Newsgroups: alt.next
Subject: Re: GNU Licensing.
Keywords: NeXT
Message-ID: <9@elgar.UUCP>
Date: 15 Oct 88 23:28:41 GMT
References: <17780@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Reply-To: ag@elgar.UUCP (Keith Gabryelski)
Followup-To: gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
Organization: Elgar Corporation, San Diego, CA
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In article <17780@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) writes:
>       Rights.  Does the C environment use the GNU library?  If so,
>       will all C programs linked with it be subject to the GNU
>       licence agreement, which forces the author to provide source
>       code?  Will NeXT purchasers be asked to sign any software
>       licencing or nondisclosure agreements?

This is a misconception.  The Gnu license is not transferred to code
that is produced by the compiliers.  The libraries (when linked into
runtime code) are also not subject to the licensing.

Follow-ups to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu

Pax, Keith
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