Re: Is SystemC license compatible with the GPL ?
Hi Nathanael, and thanks for taking time to read the license !
Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> writes:
> Anyway, to answer *your* compatibility question, we would need more
> information about exactly how this works; the GPL has a system library
> exception, the LGPL has its linking exception, and GCC has its own special
> exceptions.
I didn't see any mention of the LGPL in GCC's license.
Well, what to say more. My code links against both SystemC and GCC
(the compiler itself, not the C/C++ standard library). I'd like to
find a license for my code that allows me to distribute the wole.
It seems I can distribute my code in source form under any free
license, with scripts downloading and installing SystemC and GCC. It'd
be nice if I could distribute all together, but this doesn't seem to
be possible.
> If you can get the SystemC creators to agree to a GPL dual-license, that
> would probably be better.
SystemC's original author (Synopsys) is a company selling a
proprietary software, which is a concurrent of mine. I don't expect
them to be really cooperative on that point ...
Now, but this is not really the point of my mail :
> 2.5 contains a weird line:
> "Recipient agrees that Recipient shall not remove or alter any proprietary
> notices contained in..."
>
> What the *heck* is a "proprietary notice"?
Well, I suppose this is just a copyright notice.
> 2.6b is insanely non-free, requiring that the "Recipient" help OSCI register
> its trademarks. (?!?) I wouldn't use the program just due to that.
It's non-free, but this is the license of the trademark, not the one
of SystemC. Many free software (all free and commercial Linux
distro ?) have a non-free license for their trademark.
If you don't like it, 's/systemc/another word/' will do it.
--
Matthieu
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