Re: GPL and statically linking with non-GPL standard C library

[David Kastrup]

Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> In article <x5zn7ux2ig.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>, David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> 
> wrote:
>
> > If yes, then distributing Emacs binaries compiled with mingcc is
> > illegal, as long as you don't distribute the compiler and
> > everything it links with in source as well.
> 
> That sounds like a GPL violation to me.  I guess whoever did that is
> lucky that the FSF didn't choose to make a stink about it.

Reality check?  The FSF is distributing mingcc-compiled binaries
themselves from the FSF servers.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum