Any license issues with DMD programs compiled for Mac OS X?

[Walter Bright]

"Tony" <ignorethis at nowhere.com> wrote in message 
news:dte9v0$lh2$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
>I noticed that the Gnu D Compiler is (predictably) covered under the GPL.
>
> While I realise that the license of the compiler itself shouldn't affect 
> the license of the code it produces, are there any other issues which 
> might force your compiled D code to be covered under the GPL?  Or under 
> any license other than what the author chooses?
>
> For example, might it add some GPLed library functions to the runtime 
> (thus make your code a derived work and forcing the adoption of a GPL 
> license?)

There are no GPLed library functions in the D runtime library Phobos, and 
there won't be. Phobos code will be either public domain or copyrighted and 
free for any use whatsoever.