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pyr3pyr3
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Just a quick question. If I #include g++ standard libraries like stdio.h in my program, am I forced to make it under the GNU Public License or does that not count for standard libraries? I know that if you use code from a GPL'd program you have to make the new program under GPL too... Or at least provide the source code with any binaries that you distribute....

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    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    stdio.h, et al are *C++* standard headers, not just gcc*.



    So you aren't incorporating GNU specific code, you're asking for "Whatever file you have that conforms to the ANSI/ISO C++ spec" of whatever compiler you *happen* to be running on.



    It's gcc's decision to give you the GNU code.



    This is actually covered in the gcc license.



    * It's gcc, not g++. g++ is a way of forcing certain C++-isms on the compilation chain, but gcc is the name of the system: GNU Compiler Collection.
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    pyr3pyr3 Posts: 946member
    I thought that GCC stood for the 'GNU C Compiler'. I've had problems where I get linking errors with gcc on a C++ program, but g++ compiles it fine. But I haven't used gcc/g++ in an very in depth way (as in loads of commandline options and such) so I'm not claiming absolute knowledge or anything...
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