> Hi Tristan, > > If I understand correctly what GHDL does when it generates an > executable: the executable is linked with the ghdl run-time library > (GRT). But GRT is under the GPL license. So the generated executable > is GPL too.
That's correct. > With others GCC front-ends there are exceptions appended to the GPL > license for run-time library portions of the compilers. > > For example with Gnu Ada there is the GMGPL exception: > http://gnuada.sourceforge.net/pmwiki.php/Main/GMGPL > > Is the GPL licensing of GRT is a deliberate choice ? Yes. > Perhaps I am mistaking about the licensing of the generated > executable... I need clarifications :) I thought that nobody would need to distribute a ghdl binary. Do you really need to do that ? Tristan. _______________________________________________ Ghdl-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/ghdl-discuss
