Path: utzoo!telly!ddsw1!lll-winken!killer!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!labrea!agate!eris.berkeley.edu!mellon From: mellon@eris.berkeley.edu (Ted Lemon) Newsgroups: gnu.gcc Subject: Re: More confusion on GNU copying conditions Message-ID: <17536@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 29 Nov 88 21:53:27 GMT References: <490@didsgn.UUCP> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: gnu Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 10 In article <490@didsgn.UUCP> allan@didsgn.UUCP (didsgn) writes: >If I compile my code with GNU gcc but do not link with the GNU gcc libraries, >then does this require me to give out free copies of my software? No. I encourage people to actually read the GNU public license before asking silly questions like this, although I also encourage them to ask the silly question if they're really confused. Of course, I don't represent the FSF, so my encouragement may not be welcome. I'm just piping up because these silly questions stimulate my well-developed sense of the bizarre. _MelloN_