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- From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
- Subject: Re: Restrictions on free UNIX / 386BSD (Re: selling 386BSD)
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- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- References: <PHR.92Aug17112028@soda.berkeley.edu> <9208171721.29@rmkhome.UUCP> <PHR.92Aug17195332@soda.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:09:22 GMT
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- In article <PHR.92Aug17195332@soda.berkeley.edu> phr@soda.berkeley.edu (Paul Rubin) writes:
- >The FSF has stated in numerous publications that GCC *output* is
- >not covered by the GPL. I don't remember whether the GPL itself
- >states this specifically; maybe it should.
-
- The FSF is not the entity they're worried about. It's J Random pirate
- who uses this argument as a defense.
-
- >Note that some routines in the FSF-distributed C library are
- >copylefted and can't be shipped linked into a binary-only product
- >except in some conditions.
-
- Hey, I thought they'd changed the library-GPL to avoid this! What's
- the story here?
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