subject:"\[Matplotlib\-users\] License, freetype"

Re: [Matplotlib-users] License, freetype

2017-02-17 Thread Paul Hobson

Chad, My recollections is that matplotlib doesn't distribute the source code to FreeType, it only uses it as a dependency. As such, MPL is in the clear with its more permissive licensing. -Paul On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:45 PM, CAB wrote: > Hi, All, > > I just went to

[Matplotlib-users] License, freetype

2017-02-17 Thread CAB

Hi, All, I just went to install matplotlib version 2.0.0, and it has a dependency called "freetype". This software appears to be licensed under GPL3. My reading of that latter license is that, if someone wanted to distribute a compiled version of a program requiring matplotlib, that entire