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- To: kh at wg dot icl dot co dot uk (Kevin Hughes)
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- From: Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs dot mu dot OZ dot AU>
- Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 02:26:04 +1100 (EST)
- Cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com (gnu-win32)
Kevin Hughes, you wrote:
>
> Currently I use g++ for the production of software used INTERNALLY to
> support our development process. This software is never released to a
> customer and is not sold. I dont publish it (the company would be upset
> if I did). I think this is legal under GPL or LGPL.
Yes, that's correct. There's no doubt this is legal.
> I also use c++ for building embedded s/w with VXWORKS. This is shipped
> with a copy of the gnu tools suite - gcc/c++/g++. There were some
> questions raised about the legality of using g++ as it links in libg++
> so I reverted to c++ which does not have the same legal issues
> associated with it (allegedly). This s/w is sold (although a customer
> never sees it and cannot do anything with it). I believe this is also
> legal as everything is under GPL (and because VXWORKS said it was)
>
> My question is am I right?
I think this is legal, but the reason is not because "everything is under
GPL".
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