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).
Cheers, Matthieu 2011/10/30 David Cournapeau <courn...@gmail.com> > Hi, > > 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
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