On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 05:47:57PM +0530, Syed Khader Vali wrote:
> hi Folks,
> ( specifically Arun and Manoj ;-)
So we're the official license lawyers now ? :)
> If I compile an existing proprietary application with GPL'ed tools (
> AKA compiler, make and all that ), can I directly use the GPL'ed tools
> are do I need to buy a license for compiling that.
Using the tools to compile is just fine. However, such compilation may
result in linking of your application to some libraries. If the libraries
are LGPL'ed, you're ok. However, if the library is GPL'ed you are not ok.
Most common libraries - libc, libg++, libstdc++ are LGPL'ed AFAIK.
-Arun
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