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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga/MorphOS/AROS Programmers Forum => Topic started by: TextureMind on February 27, 2025, 12:12:34 PM

Title: Question about amiga-gcc and GCC Runtime Library Exception
Post by: TextureMind on February 27, 2025, 12:12:34 PM

Hi. My question is simple:

Is the GCC Runtime Library Exception still valid for amiga-gcc?

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gcc-exception-3.1.en.html

It allows proprietary programs to be compiled with GCC without requiring them to be GPL-licensed.
I was looking for amiga-gcc but I don't see where the exception is explicitly mentioned in the online
repos. I see that:

https://github.com/bebbo/amiga-gcc

talks about GPL v2, while Bartman's plugin:

https://github.com/BartmanAbyss/vscode-amiga-debug

is about GPL v3 but the runtime library exception is not mentioned.

This is confusing. Do you have more information about? Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Question about amiga-gcc and GCC Runtime Library Exception
Post by: ncafferkey on March 01, 2025, 01:34:03 AM

So you’re expecting that vs-amiga-gcc would include the exception because GCC is part of it? I would too. It should be the same as the original GCC version it’s based on. You might want to check the licence of the original GCC 12 from the GNU website.