gnupic: Re: [gnupic] GCC port for PIC
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] GCC port for PIC
From:
Alex Holden ####@####.####
Date:
5 Apr 2006 12:50:02 +0100
Message-Id: <B839014E-CEFB-4793-B33B-B79F0206D00A@linuxhacker.org>
On 5 Apr 2006, at 12:31, Colm O' Flaherty wrote:
>> If they haven't used any GPLed code to create their library then
>> the GPL doesn't apply to it. Bundling gcc and their C library
>> into one package is simply aggregation.
> I just don't follow that logic at all.. It seems to completely
> ignore the GPL clause that says the following (How the
> distribution happens seems to be the key).
> <quote>
> These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole.
You seem to be interpreting "the modified work as a whole" to mean
the installer (zipfile, tarball, whatever) and everything contained
in it. I disagree. The "modified work as a whole" in this case is
simply GCC, not the other libraries and programs that Microchip have
bundled with it.
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