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Does dynamically linking to libgccjit.so trigger the GPL requirements for the linking code? Yes, the GPL triggers if you distribute programs that merely link a
by cygx 5y ago
Does dynamically linking to libgccjit.so trigger the GPL requirements for the linking code?
Yes, the GPL triggers if you distribute programs that merely link against a thusly licensed library - at least that's the intention.
Full disclosure, there are people who disagree with the FSF's interpretation, arguing that merely linking to a library doesn't necessarily create a derivative work. I don't know if that has ever been tested in a court of law...
- tadfisher 5y agoThanks, I was alluding to the libgcc license, which has an exception for dynamic linking. But it appears libgccjit is GPL3 without the exception, like the rest of core GCC.