Re: [Mingw-users] License question ?

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On Thu, 10 May 2001, Tony Kimball wrote:
> : Also, if ... app depends on libgcc.dll that too
> : would put distribution under LPGL. 
> 
> The whole point of the LGPL is that you can link with it, and the app
> does NOT get covered by any license as a result.
>      ^^^

Libgcc is not LGPL.  It is GPL with a special exception for linking.  It
makes no difference if you link it as a static library or not.

From libgcc2.c:

GNU CC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.

In addition to the permissions in the GNU General Public License, the
Free Software Foundation gives you unlimited permission to link the
compiled version of this file into combinations with other programs,
and to distribute those combinations without any restriction coming
from the use of this file.  (The General Public License restrictions
do apply in other respects; for example, they cover modification of
the file, and distribution when not linked into a combine
executable.)

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Jeff Sturm
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