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From: swilson%thetone@Sun.COM (Scott Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Questions on NeXT machine
Keywords: NeXT
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Date: 20 Oct 88 22:16:30 GMT
References: <17780@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> <[9.5]karl@ddsw1.alt.next> <25146@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <12935@oberon.USC.EDU>
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In article <12935@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>True it couldn't copyright mine, BUT the license specifically REQUIRES
>to ship the "sources" of the product compiled with GNU-C.

I just read the file COPYING from the GNU CC distribution with the
title "GNU CC GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (Clarified 11 Feb 1988)" and
don't see anything of that sort in it.  The closest it comes is source
availability requirements for "GNU CC (or a portion or derivative of it..."
I don't think output of a compiler is considered a "derivative" of the
compiler.  I would bet they are referring to hacking parts of GCC into
your own code.


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