On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Matthieu Brucher <matthieu.bruc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi David, > > Is every GPL part GCC related? If yes, GCC has a licence that allows to > redistribute its runtime in any program (meaning the program's licence is > not relevant).
Good point, I should have specified the dll in question: - libgcc - libstdc++ - libgfortran As far as I know, all those fall under the license you mention (GPL + exception), but it was not entirely clear to me. cheers, David >> >> While testing the mingw gcc 3.x -> 4.x migration, I realized that some >> technical requirements in gcc 4.x have potential license implications. >> In short, it is more difficult now than before to statically link >> gcc-related runtimes into numpy/scipy. I think using the DLL is safer >> and better, but it means the windows installers will contain GPL code. >> My understanding is that this is OK because the code in question is >> GPL + exception, meaning the usual GPL requirements only apply to >> those runtimes, and that's ok ? >> >> cheers, >> >> David >> _______________________________________________ >> NumPy-Discussion mailing list >> NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org >> http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > > > -- > Information System Engineer, Ph.D. > Blog: http://matt.eifelle.com > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/matthieubrucher > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
