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> You cannot sell GPL licensed software Wrong

• iio7 6y ago
  No, this is correct. You cannot sell it, because you do not own it. What you can do is distribute it, which is another matter. The author is right.
• coddle-hark 6y ago
  > If GPL licensed source code is required for a program to compile, the program must also be under the GPL. This is obviously wrong too, or else everything compiled by gcc would need to be licensed as GPL. If you distribute a GPL licensed program then the recipient must be able to build the equivalent program from source (e.g. you can’t rely on an internal toolchain that doesn’t have a publicly available alternative) but that isn’t what the author is saying.
  • forgotpwd16 6y ago
    GCC has a runtime library exception[0] which permits compilation of proprietary software. [0]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gcc-exception-3.1 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gcc-exception-3.1
    • iio7 6y ago
      This is only an exception for libraries.