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towelguy on Jan 23, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: What makes Nim practical?

> Nim libraries are statically compiled into our binary as well.

Does that mean one can not use GPL libraries in non-GPL programs? With other languages you can get around that by linking dinamically.

pavlov on Jan 23, 2015 [–]

Actually that only applies to LGPL libraries -- pure GPL doesn't allow dynamic linking, even. (That's the most common interpretation anyway, and the reason why LGPL exists.)

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