Re: [ROFL] GCC's GPLv3 "Updated License Exception"

[Hyman Rosen]

Barry Margolin wrote:
> I believe the choice of library to incorporate is an "original work of 
> authorship".  Linking a set of object files and libraries is analogous 
> to creating an anthology in traditional literature.

You're never going to convince a court of that - the source which
makes calls to the library is an original work of authorship but
compilation is a purely mechanical act. The FSF is also talking
about the runtime libraries which come with compiler, which no one
makes a choice to use.