Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Using C++
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Organization:	DJ Delorie/DJGPP Support
Date:	Thu, 13 Mar 1997 13:09:12 GMT
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Paul Shirley <Paul AT foobar DOT co DOT uk DOT chocolat> writes:
> Is it safe to assume that ld.exe is 'normally supplied' with the target
> OS? Otherwise a strict interpretation of the lgpl is that you *do* have
> to supply ld.exe with all the gpl consequences that implies!

I asked Richard Stallman this question quite a while ago, and he said
the compiler/linker is "part of the OS", even if you have to buy it
separately.

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