Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++

[Hyman Rosen]

On 2/4/2010 4:01 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > > Hyman Rosen wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > It is false that permission to copy and distribute source
> > > > verbatim as part of a collection applies to a statically
> > > > linked executable.
> > >
> > > Sez who?
> >
> > The English language.
>
> Please quote what you mean.

A statically linked executable contains binary versions
of libraries, modified by a linker program which changes
embedded values within the binaries in order to make them
refer to other portions of the whole executable. This is
therefore not a verbatim copy of the source of the code.