Re: [Dev-C++] GPL?

[Hongli L. <h....@ch...>]

Ivan Galic wrote:

> hi!
>  
>     I've looked in the archives, but there is no search function(!?) 
> and there are too many messages, so I couldn't find what I was looking 
> for.
>    
>     Anyway, after reading the GNU GPL for over 10 times, I'm still 
> confused about some parts, and am not sure how exactly does it apply 
> to MingW32 compiler. If I write a standard win32 application using 
> Dev-c++ and MingW32, without using any third party GPLed 
> libraries(just standard headers/libs that come with DevCPP), do I have 
> to release my program under GPL?
>  

No, you can give your program whatever license you want.
Executables produced by GCC *are not* covered under the GPL.
You may want to read the GPL FAQ at www.gnu.org