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Re: GPL and statically linking with non-GPL standard C library


From: Alexander Terekhov
Subject: Re: GPL and statically linking with non-GPL standard C library
Date: 27 May 2004 11:49:14 -0700

ap85@georgetown.edu (Alexander R. Pruss) wrote in message 
news:<f601968d.0405260448.5c463ca5@posting.google.com>...
> I'd like to distribute GPL code compiled with Borland's C compiler,
> and statically linked with Borland's C library.  Is this permitted? 

Yes. It is permitted by law.

[...]
> Would it make a difference if I used the newly released free Microsoft
> C compiler and its libs?  

No.

> It would be easier to make a case that it's
> a part of the OS, no?

That doesn´t matter. Not everything that the GPL says is lawful.

regards,
alexander.

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