Thanks for the response! I did try googling the interpretation of the license exception but there are always back-and-forth debates on the issue. Anyways, consulting with the legal team came back with the inclusion of these libraries would still trigger the "installation information" clause. For this reason, I'm investigating the feasibility of replacing these libraries completely.
On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 1:39 PM Alexander Kanavin <[email protected]> wrote: > > The GCC exception frees you from having to fulfil the terms of gpl3 in almost > all cases. Links with details are easily obtainable with google search. > > Alex > > On Tue 17. Jan 2023 at 19.17, William Huang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> I'm in the process of generating an image without GPLv3 software. I have >> removed everything but the gcc-runtime and libgcc libraries. These are >> gpl-3.0 with GCC exception. I'm not sure how feasible it is to remove these >> or replace them with llvm replacements. Just wondering if anyone had been >> down this path before and if you can share your experience that would be >> great! >> >> Thanks >> >>
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