Re: [Matplotlib-users] [matplotlib-devel] License, freetype

Well, if Freetype were only distributed under the GPL, you couldn't distribute matplotlib in binary form without providing the source code. However, Freetype is distributed under more than one license. (see: https://www.freetype.org/license.html ) Because it's distributed under a BSD-style

Re: [Matplotlib-users] License, freetype

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

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