[Gmsh] Gmsh API Licensing

[Germán Theler]

This is my personal response, not the official from the developers of Gmsh.

The Gmsh Python API is a wrapper for the C++ routines which are GPLv2.
Therefore whatever gets linked to libgmsh.so (or .a) as cloned from the
public repository has to be GPL2-compatible. This includes any Python
script. The limit is a fork+exec(), as explained in the GPL FAQ.

I understand that the original developers can give you a copy of the source
code under different licensing terms (and with all GPL dependencies
stripped off).
You should contact them for further clarification.

--
jeremy theler
www.seamplex.com

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 17:14 Niloufar <faghihi.niloufar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am a new user of Gmsh and I have a question regarding its licensing. I
> was wondering whether the Gmsh API is also under the GPL license meaning
> that I can not use the Gmsh API in a closed-source Python code. Is that
> right?
>
> Thank you,
> Niloufar
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