> If Windows were compiled with GCC, would that make it GNU? Strictly speaking, without the GCC Runtime Library Exception clause it would be. The only thing st

> If Windows were compiled with GCC, would that make it GNU? Strictly speaking, without the GCC Runtime Library Exception clause it would be. The only thing stopping this from being true is an explicit carveout in the license that acknowledges GNU software could be used to produce proprietary binaries. So with that being said... yes? It wouldn't be GPL but there would indeed be GNU heritage in the build. This post has always rubbed me the wrong way because it doesn't really make sense unless you're a MUSL apologist with an axe to grind.