RE: [Dev-C++] Question about the Dev-C++ license

according to the link, C++ applications using libstdc++ are not required =
to be gpl either:

The Code: Runtime GPL

The source code of libstdc++-v3 is distributed under version 2 of the =
GNU General Public License, with the so-called "runtime exception," as =
follows (or see any header or implementation file):

   As a special exception, you may use this file as part of a free =
software
   library without restriction.  Specifically, if other files =
instantiate
   templates or use macros or inline functions from this file, or you =
compile
   this file and link it with other files to produce an executable, this
   file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered =
by
   the GNU General Public License.  This exception does not however
   invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered =
by
   the GNU General Public License.

Hopefully that text is self-explanatory. If it isn't, you need to speak =
to your lawyer, or the Free Software Foundation.

Q: So any program which uses libstdc++ falls under the GPL?
A: No. The special exception permits use of the library in proprietary =
applications.=20





OROSZI Bal=E1zs wrote:
> Carlo wrote:
>> dev-cpp comes with a GPL licensing scheme; this means that you can
>> freely use it and redistribute it - together with sorces and a copy
>> of the GPL license. Moreover, you can modify it or take pieces of
>> code from it and insert them in a new work or link towards dynamic
>> libraries but, according to GPL, the derived work *must* be GPL'd.
>=20
> Read here:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/17_intro/license.html
>=20
> And if you don't use C++, just C, then you are also allowed to make
> closed source applications.
> So there is no problem with GCC about licensing. But DirectX is going
> to give you troubles. Search the archives of this mailing list around
> 7th of September this year and a little before for more mails about
> this.=20
>=20
>> When you use dev-cpp to edit, debug and compile your code you are
>> only using a GPL application and, as long as your software does not
>> contain pieces of code nor is dinamically linked towards dev-cpp
>> libraries, you can release your work with the license you prefer
>> (even a commercial one).
>=20
> To be precise, there is no such thing: "dev-cpp libraries". Dev-C++
> is ONLY a frontend, a GUI for GCC, nothing more. Go to
> http://www.mingw.org for details about the libraries. And
> you may choose a commercial license, even if you link with MinGW
> libraries.=20
>=20
> So you may develop commercial applications with Dev-C++. Just take
> into account, that DirectX has a different license.

reid