Re: -fdump-translation-unit output and GPL

2007-03-21 Thread Richard Kenner
> On Mar 20, 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kenner) wrote: > > > infringes our copyright > > > Patent law > > Please be careful to not spread the confusion that already exists > between these unrelated laws. Sorry: if I said "patent" anywhere in my message it was a typo for "copyright". Opps

Re: -fdump-translation-unit output and GPL

2007-03-20 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Mar 20, 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kenner) wrote: > infringes our copyright > Patent law Please be careful to not spread the confusion that already exists between these unrelated laws. -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member

Re: -fdump-translation-unit output and GPL

2007-03-20 Thread Richard Kenner
> Different people will give you different answers about different > situations. There is no clear answer. This mailing list is > unfortunately not the right place to ask GPL licensing questions. > > I would suggest the gnu.misc.discuss newsgroup. Or asking the Free > Software Foundation direct

Re: -fdump-translation-unit output and GPL

2007-03-20 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
"Nick Rolins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If I make a program that calls by command line the gcc executable with > -fdump-translation-unit option and parses the dump output file, > does it have to adhere to the GPL license ? > > If it doesn't have to adhere to the GPL license, how about if my >

-fdump-translation-unit output and GPL

2007-03-20 Thread Nick Rolins
Hi, If I make a program that calls by command line the gcc executable with -fdump-translation-unit option and parses the dump output file, does it have to adhere to the GPL license ? If it doesn't have to adhere to the GPL license, how about if my program gets the dump output by a pipe or a sock