On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:17 PM, John Griessen <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking at using libopenstm32 for ARM chips, and wonder what GPLv3 does > about your ability to sell a system with code in it. Can you sell it > without > a complete tool chain? In other words is my compiler cross compile output > a covered work when I use a GPLv3 library like libopenstm32? >
Write the developers to get a license other than GPLv3. > I'm thinking this library makes any code you make with it GPLv3. > And if you don't use a GPL library, just the GPL compiler, > your output can be sold, distributed > without any source code. > Correct? > Should be true, but I know that at work we avoid later versions of GCC and use GCC compiliers with GPLv2 licences. In otherwords if you have IP to protect, see a laywer, if you have legal questons with GPLv3 see a lawyer, see where I am going? read up here.... http://lwn.net/Articles/343608/ Look into LLVM, as a compilier cholce, don't know if you arm target is suppoted, but there is a good chance since it's an ARM and Apple has done a lot with LLVM and ARM chips for the iPhone and friends ;-) Steve //Soap box GPLv3 prevents comercial companies putting resuorces into GPL software. It opens leagal issues and causes them to look elsewhere. I support v2 but not v3 because it struck a good balance. Alas, now I am prohibited to work on GPLv3 code at work, I won't even submit bugs till I get home. I now can only work on it at home, so my ability and desire to help GPLv3 projects has gone down. // end Soap box _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
