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daveguy
on Jan 14, 2023
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Mold – A really fast linker
It is unusual for the products of compilers and linkers to be infected by the original license. See: gcc.
mmastrac
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I don't recall seeing a single developer tool where the output was anything other than fully under the copyright of the author of the input files (or fully liberally licensed in the case of additional code objects).
Dylan16807
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That aspect is unusual, but I don't see how that affects whether or not it would be license extortion.
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