You can do what you say. The GPL only covers the source of the GPL'd
tool itself.  If you're writing brand new code not based on previously
GPL'd code, you can still use a GPL tool to build a propietarty binary.

~ Deepak

On Dec 08 2000, at 14:17, Smith, Stephen P  (AZ75) was caught saying:
> Is there a position paper anywhere on the use of GPL tool (ex: gcc)  and
> proprietary code.  For instance, can I use gcc to compile a proprietary c++
> file and have the output be proprietary or is the output GPL'ed
> 
> Stephen
> 
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