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Re: If my program is compiled under XCode can I sell it without distributing the source...
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Re: If my program is compiled under XCode can I sell it without distributing the source...


  • Subject: Re: If my program is compiled under XCode can I sell it without distributing the source...
  • From: Brendan Younger <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:56:33 -0600


On Jan 4, 2005, at 3:48 PM, Finlay Dobbie wrote:

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:45:47 -0500, Ben D. Jones <email@hidden> wrote:
I work for a company that writes software for firemen and policemen...
our source must remain closed (company policy... I'm a big BSD/Linux fan
I wish we could get with the times), I know that with gcc you can't
really sell the software closed source, but with Xcode can you? If not
what other obj-c cocoa compilers would you recommend to allow for the
type of distribution I need to do?

Uh, selling the compiled application is perfectly legal under the terms of the GCC license. Xcode uses the gcc compiler.

Just to clarify even further: the GPL on prohibits *linking* against non-GPL'd code (thereby making it behave like an infectious disease, but hey, I don't want to get into ideological discussions right now). You can use compiled GPL code for whatever purpose you want, even to compile closed-source applications.


Brendan Younger

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