I think you're conflating two meanings of the word "include" here. If you make a collection of software that includes some GPL and some non-GPL software, each individual piece retains its original license. The collection as a whole may have a license as well.

If, however, you take some GPL code and copy it into your program, or if you link/import GPL code, your program becomes GPL. But simply bundling some GPL code (compiled or not) with other code does not affect that other code's license.