[pertymcpert]

You would still need to use gcc code to operate on the deserialized IR, which is GPL. Unless you then transform the IR into a proprietary one, in which case that's not breaking the spirit of the GPL.

[MaxBarraclough]

> You would still need to use gcc code to operate on the deserialized IR, which is GPL

The GPL's terms would not extend to the program that generated the IR.

A GPL web server can't require a web browser to relicense under GPL, either. Same idea.

[sjwright]

By your logic, every single bit of code that has passed through gcc is now GPL licensed.