Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [gnu.org #48656] Re: GCL compliance with GNU GPL
Subject: Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [gnu.org #48656] Re: GCL compliance with GNU GPL
From: Richard Stallman
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:00:05 -0400
> 3) I feel that any 'predominant' free compiler for a given language
> will likely not restrict the license of code merely compiled with
> it.
>
> That is true in any case. Code compiled with GCL's compiler is
> copyright by its author, not by the copyright holders of GCL.
I assume you would need some exception clause to the GPL? (As in the Bison
case.)
The Bison exception is relevant because Bison copies a substantial
piece of code directly into its output. The actual tables generated
from the user's parser are not covered by our copyright in any case.