From: "Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Msnews@pineight.8m.com>
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"Vinzent Hoefler" <JeLlyFish DOT software AT gmx DOT net> wrote:
> Jens Luedicke <jens AT irs-net DOT com> wrote:
>
> >Commercial compilers require a special licence, which allows the
> >software firms to sell their software legally.
>
> Sorry, but that's nonsense.
>
> You can sell everything that is compiled with a legal copy of a
> commercial compiler. That's implied in the license.

I got a legal copy of CodeWarrior from Metrowerks, and its EULA
said don't develop commercial software with this. You may develop
free[beer]ware or shareware, but no payware. That's the difference
between CodeWarrior Discovery and CodeWarrior Pro.

> >If they choose a
> >GNU Compiler they don't need special licening.
>
> At least the compiler should be released under the _L_GPL.

The libs (libc, the [in]famous -lstdcx[x], etc.) _are_ LGPL'd.
A GPL'd compiler simply means that you have to distribute
or link to source code *if you distribute the compiler*.

> For me the "real" GPL looks more strict than the license of a
> commercial compiler: It requires you to release the source
> with your programs.

Which is why some of us hate Cygwin.

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