From: Mike McCarty (jmccarty_at_ssd.usa.alcatel.com)
Date: 2002-04-01 20:15:04
On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, MagerValp wrote:
> >>>>> "UvB" == Ullrich von Bassewitz <uz_at_musoftware.de> writes:
>
> UvB> And because it is not possible to write a reasonable program
> UvB> without them, it is currently impossible to place a program
> UvB> created by cc65 under the GPL.
>
> Now this I don't think is true. If I write an application and place it
> under the GPL, the compiler I use to compile the sources should not
> affect the license of my source code. If I write plain C code that
> compiles with any C compiler then it would somehow magically have to
> comply with all the different compiler licenses out there, regardless
> if anyone ever compiles it.
But the *executable* is what is at issue. You could not distribute the
executable image.
Mike
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