Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!ssbell!mcmi!denny
From: denny@mcmi.UUCP (Denny Page)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: Some people won't use GCC for imaginary reasons.
Message-ID: <1108@mcmi.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 89 22:19:15 GMT
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Reply-To: denny@mcmi.UUCP (Denny Page)
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rms@AI.MIT.EDU writes:
>The other GNU libraries are copylefted, and as a result, you can't
>distribute an executable linked with them unless you are also
>willing to distribute the rest of that program under the copyleft.

Ok, now I have a question.  What would be the attitude toward a developer
who distributes .o files containing proprietary code, source to the GNU
libraries in question, and leaves the end user to compile and link them
together on his own?
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