On Mon, 01 Dec 2003, Alexander Cherepanov wrote: > Erm... you mean, without this exception compiler itself must be > placed under GPL? If the compiler is a separate work and doesn't link itself into the work, most likely not. However, if, for example, you were distributing a compiled perl program (which incorporates the perl interpreter into the final output) you'd need to be able to distribute perl itself under the terms of the GPL without this exception (assuming perl was actually part of the core operating system... which it isn't, in at least some cases.) You'd have to define exactly which compiler you were talking about and exactly what it did and how it interacted with the code if you want me (or others) to go much further in explaining the interaction of the linking versus agregation clauses of the GPL and how the special exception plays a role in the interaction. Don Armstrong -- Miracles had become relative common-places since the advent of entheogens; it now took very unusual circumstances to attract public attention to sightings of supernatural entities. The latest miracle had raised the ante on the supernatural: the Virgin Mary had manifested herself to two children, a dog, and a Public Telepresence Point. -- Bruce Sterling, _Holy Fire_ p228 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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