GCC Liciense

[The Gentlmen]

GCC has a GPL license so does that mean whatever i compile most be open source?

[Peter87]

No.

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

[The Gentlmen]

What happens if i use a framework that has the GPL licence while compiling with GCC

[Peter87]

Then you have to license your program under a GPL compatible license. That you use GCC doesn't make a difference.

[The Gentlmen]

Ok, Thanks

[samthewildone]

Thanks for this post because the whole licensing thing with very confusing.
Currently using Qt and they have about 5 different licenses. Just have to make sure I know which one to use when wanting to deploy both open source and closed source applications.