Re: [racket-users] Licensing Details (Is there a Runtime Library Exception?)

On 2016-02-12 09:47:44 -0500, Leif Andersen wrote: > > If the intention wasn't to force programs written in racket to be open > > source, then why wasn't an explicit exemption of the runtime libraries > > made, like other projects have? (As stated, like it was done for e.g. GCC > > and Java.) >

Re: [racket-users] Licensing Details (Is there a Runtime Library Exception?)

> yes, I noticed that, but I'm not sure that makes any difference in this case. > If code ends up being JITed together with the runtime libraries during > execution there's no "easy relinking" possible any more. So, if you give me the .zo file that you get when you run `raco make`, I can (at

Re: [racket-users] Licensing Details (Is there a Runtime Library Exception?)

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Leif Andersen wrote: >> If the intention wasn't to force programs written in racket to be open >> source, then why wasn't an explicit exemption of the runtime libraries made, >> like other projects have? (As stated, like it was done for

[racket-users] Licensing Details (Is there a Runtime Library Exception?)

Do programs written in Racket that use the libraries of racket-lang.org's implementation need to be licensed under GPL terms? Much like it is the case with e.g. the libraries in AdaCore's Ada implementation? Or is there a "Runtime Library Exception" or a "Classpath Exception" or similar, like

Re: [racket-users] Licensing Details (Is there a Runtime Library Exception?)

You can find the license that Racket is released under here: https://download.racket-lang.org/license.html This page points out that Racket is released under the LGPL (rather than the GPL), and also says: First, if you distribute your Racket application in source form or as compiled bytecode

Re: [racket-users] Licensing Details (Is there a Runtime Library Exception?)

Thanks for the prompt reply. Maybe I didn't look close enough - the license page I landed on was this one: http://docs.racket-lang.org/license/index.html Still, > This page points out that Racket is released under the LGPL (rather > than the GPL) yes, I noticed that, but I'm not sure that