Re: [discuss] Problem building cross compiler for x86_64

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring dot com>]

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Dan Kegel wrote:

> On 1/23/06, Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@gmail.com> wrote:
> >     This can't get worse than this.........when I happily showed the
> > cross built compiler i was told that we can't use this since it is
> > build using crosstool and then we need to distribute our product also
> > under GPL which is not possible. :-( .
>
> Whoever told you that was mistaken. Using crosstool does not affect
> whether you have to distribute your product under GPL!  A gcc
> toolchain built with crosstool is no more GPL-affected than one
> built without. - Dan

i'd also be a bit worried about whoever it was who had such a horrid
misunderstanding of the GPL.  it's quite possible that other business
decisions have been made based on that misunderstanding, so you might
want to do some digging.  just sayin'.

rday

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