On Fri, 5 May 1995, John C. Vestal wrote:
 
>      Will the GNU C++ allow commerical applications to be written an
> executed using this compiler?  A co-worker remembers that this was brought
> up in the past but a corporation (ie. Northern Telecom) would violate the
> licensing agreement using the GNU compiler to write applications.
 
There are no problems using the compiler to write commercial
applications, as long as they state clearly (somewhere in the manuals and
perhaps online help) that they're using GNU C++. Also, the company needs
to make the source for the compiler freely available.
 
There are some special, more anal-retentive rules for libg++. I think
you're not allowed to strip the symbol table from your executable and a
few other silly measures.
 
I may be wrong in some details, but I believe that's the basic idea. You
should check the GPL for details. There may also be a FAQ on the GPL at
the GNU FTP site.
 
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