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Re: Is SystemC license compatible with the GPL ?



Diego Biurrun wrote:

> On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 01:22:24PM +0200, Matthieu Moy wrote:
>> 
>>   +------------+       +-------------+       +-------------+
>>   |            |       |             |       |             |
>>   |     A      |       |      B      |       |      C      |
>>   |            |       |             |       |             |
>>   |  SystemC   |<--1-->| My software |<--2-->|     GCC     |
>>   |            |       |             |       |             |
>>   +------------+       +-------------+       +-------------+
>> 
>> Where <--n--> can be either a static or a dynamic link.
>> 
>> I would  like to  use as permissive  licenses as possible.  Ideally, I
>> would like the following :
>> 
>> A = SystemC license
>> B = LGPL
>> C = GPL
> 
> gcc is LGPL.

No.  GCC has different parts under different licenses (although all are
GPL-compatible).  Parts are GPL, parts are LGPL, parts are GPL with special
libgcc exception, etc.

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