Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 22nd Jul 2007 14:17 UTC, submitted by Oliver
GCC 4.2.1 has been released, the last release of the GNU Compiler Collection under the GPL v2. "GCC 4.2.1 is a bug-fix release, containing fixes for regressions in GCC 4.2.0 relative to previous GCC releases. GCC 4.2.1 will be the last release of GCC covered by version 2 of the GNU General Public License. All future releases will be released under GPL version 3."
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There is no restriction in either GPL v2 or in GPL v3 about use of a GPL program. In both cases you are free to use the program however you want to. This is one of the four freedoms that the GPL is all about trying to preserve for you (not restrict you in).
Restrictions apply in GPL v2 only when you distribute a GPL v2 program, and restrictions apply in GPL v3 only when you distribute or assist in distribution of a GPL v3 program. Even then, the restrictions really only amount to a requirement that you pass on to downstream recipients the same permissions that you received, and they only apply to the GPL code, not to your own code.
Compiling your own program is neither of those restricted activities. Go right ahead.
Edited 2007-07-22 14:49