Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code

[Alexander Terekhov]

Stefaan A Eeckels wrote:
[...]
> The point being, if one could do this (and I can't see why
> there would be a difference between extracting a complete
> file, or a function from a file from the tarball), extract
> the contents of any legally obtained software work and use
> them in one's own programs.

Right. Read 

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/17_intro/license.html

The so-called "runtime exception" is unneeded.

regards,
alexander.