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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:55:49 -0700 (PDT)
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On 18 juin, 21:50, Hibou57 (Yannick Duch=EAne)
<yannick_duch...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> The second link gives the definition of =93Independent Module=94 as was
> looking for :

It also contains the definition for =93Eligible Compilation Process=94 :

(the second part is the most important, but the second is required to
understand the second one)

> When you compile those source code files, they usually go through a serie=
s of
> steps:source code generation, preprocessing, compilation to low-level cod=
e,
> assembling, and linking. Not all projects follow all these steps, dependi=
ng on
> what language you're using and how it's written, but they'll always go in=
 this
> order, and everyone using GCC will go through the process of compiling
> high-level code into some low-level language such as assembly code or Jav=
a
> bytecode. This phase is when GCC combines or links your own code with cod=
e
> from the GCC libraries. We call it the =93Compilation Process.=94 The out=
put you
> get from it is called =93Target Code,=94 as long as that output is not us=
ed as
> compiler intermediate representation, or to create such an intermediate
> representation.
>
> In order to take advantage of this permission, the Compilation Process th=
at
> you use to create Target Code has to be =93Eligible,=94 which means that =
it does
> not involve both GCC and GPL-incompatible software. It's important to rem=
ember
> that the Compilation Process starts when you feed any high-level code to =
GCC,
> and ends as soon as it generates anything that can be considered Target C=
ode.
> [...]