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You would still need to use gcc code to operate on the deserialized IR, which is GPL. Unless you then transform the IR into a proprietary one, in which case tha
by pertymcpert 9y ago
You would still need to use gcc code to operate on the deserialized IR, which is GPL. Unless you then transform the IR into a proprietary one, in which case that's not breaking the spirit of the GPL.
- MaxBarraclough 9y ago> You would still need to use gcc code to operate on the deserialized IR, which is GPL The GPL's terms would not extend to the program that generated the IR. A GPL web server can't require a web browser to relicense under GPL, either. Same idea.
- sjwright 9y agoBy your logic, every single bit of code that has passed through gcc is now GPL licensed.