Re: Now it's my compiler!

The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
> On Sep 25, 8:22 pm, Hyman Rosen <hyro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Rjack wrote:
>>> You don't have to say anything at all about your compiler.
>> Do so!
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
> 
> <begin excerpts>

> The “Corresponding Source” for a work in object code form means
> all the source code needed to generate, install, and (for an
> executable work) run the object code and to modify the work,
> including scripts to control those activities. However, it does
> not include the work's System Libraries, or general-purpose tools
> or generally available free programs which are used unmodified in
> performing those activities but which are not part of the work.
> . . .

> [b] does NOT need to provide any information/media/software
> regarding his compilation environment beyond that needed for a
> runnable distribution of any derived/compiled product, though it
> may need to identify the proper environment (e.g., icc on an
> x86).

http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide.html

  <begin excerpt>

4.2.3  What About the Compiler?
.. . .
If you have used a proprietary, third-party compiler to build the
software, then you probably cannot ****p it to your customers. We
consider the name of the compiler, its exact version number, and
where it can be acquired as information that *must be provided as
part of the Corresponding Source*. This information is essential to
anyone who wishes to produce a binary. It is not the intent of the
GPL to require you to distribute third-party software tools to your
customer (provided the tools themselves are not based on the GPL’d
software ****pped), but *we do believe it requires* that you give the
user all the essential non-proprietary facts that you had at your
disposal to build the software. Therefore, if you choose not to
distribute the compiler, you should include a readme about where you
got it, what version it was, and who to contact to acquire it,
regardless of whether your compiler is FOSS, proprietary, or
internally developed.

Sincerely,
Rjack :)