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I usually install the matplotlib binaries from pipy and I don't
remember doing a separate installation of freetype.
2017年02月18日 17:20 GMT+01:00 Paul Hobson <pmh...@gm...>:
> Especially on Windows, I always install freetype from conda.
> -p
>
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 6:24 AM, CAB <ca...@ya...> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Gents,
>>
>> Many thanks for your thoughtful responses! Freetype is indeed available
>> under a BSD-like licensse. But when I tried to install freetype on my
>> Windows system using the binary provided from GnuWin32, it attempts to force
>> me to accept the GPL3, which I cannot. Freetype's link to another binary
>> supplied by GTK+ is broken. So, I guess I have two choices; compile
>> freetype from the source, or download something like Anaconda, which I'd
>> rather not do because I have Python already installed.
>>
>> If you have any other ideas, I'd be happy to hear them.
>>
>> Best,
>> Chad
>>
>>
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>> From: Joe Kington <jof...@gm...>
>> To: Paul Hobson <pmh...@gm...>
>> Cc: CAB <ca...@ya...>; Matplotlib Development List
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>> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 5:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Matplotlib-users] License, freetype
>>
>> Well, if Freetype were only distributed under the GPL, you couldn't
>> distribute matplotlib in binary form without providing the source code.
>>
>> However, Freetype is distributed under more than one license. (see:
>> https://www.freetype.org/license.html )
>>
>> Because it's distributed under a BSD-style license in addition to the GPL,
>> it can be distributed in binary form, subject to an accreditation clause:
>> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/docs/FTL.TXT
>>
>> In the past, I have gotten approval from corporate lawyers at a very large
>> company to use freetype (and matplotlib) in an application that was being
>> distributed in binary form. The dual-licensing of freetype was key in that
>> particular case.
>>
>> Or that's my take on it, anyway. I'm not a Lawyer, so don't consider this
>> legal advice in any way.
>> Cheers!
>> -Joe
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Paul Hobson <pmh...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>> Chad,
>>
>> My recollections is that matplotlib doesn't distribute the source code to
>> FreeType, it only uses it as a dependency. As such, MPL is in the clear with
>> its more permissive licensing.
>> -Paul
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:45 PM, CAB <ca...@ya...> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, All,
>>
>> I just went to install matplotlib version 2.0.0, and it has a dependency
>> called "freetype". This software appears to be licensed under GPL3. My
>> reading of that latter license is that, if someone wanted to distribute a
>> compiled version of a program requiring matplotlib, that entire program
>> would fall under the GPL3 license. I'm sure that would be a non-starter for
>> many, many projects.
>>
>> Does anyone have any takes on this?
>>
>> Chad
>>
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