From: Paul Shirley <Paul AT foobar DOT co DOT uk DOT chocolat>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Using C++
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 05:49:14 +0000
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In article <xnrahkaqh3 DOT fsf AT delorie DOT com>, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
writes
>
>Paul Shirley <Paul AT foobar DOT co DOT uk DOT chocolat> writes:
>> Is it safe to assume that ld.exe is 'normally supplied' with the target
>> OS? Otherwise a strict interpretation of the lgpl is that you *do* have
>> to supply ld.exe with all the gpl consequences that implies!
>
>I asked Richard Stallman this question quite a while ago, and he said
>the compiler/linker is "part of the OS", even if you have to buy it
>separately.

Nice to know, did you ask him to put it in writing? (So it might hold up
in court if RMS changes his mind ;)

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