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> FFTW is GPL, and not can be use with commercial closed products. > MiniLZO is GPL and no can be use with commercial closed produtcs. What you say is right in the basic point, but not stated correctly. The incorrect aspect is the use of the words "commercial" and "closed". It is incorrect to use the word "commercial" here. The GPL does not distinguish between commercial activities and noncommercial acivities, except in one very obscure case which does not apply here. it is incorrect to use the word "closed" here. We shun the terms "open" or "closed" because we do NOT advocate "open source". That term stands for rejecting our values and principles, so we have never advocated it and never will. See https://gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html for more explanation of the difference between free software and open source. The right way to state this basic point is that the GPL permits including the GPL-covered code in a larger combined program _only provided that_ the larger combined program is, as a whole, released under the GPL. In particular, to combine a nonfree program with GPL-covered code violates the GPL. I don't have time to study the details of this case. I can't keep up with my work now. -- Dr Richard Stallman Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org) _______________________________________________ Iup-users mailing list Iup-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iup-users
