Re: Can you make a closed source application using Guile?

"Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" <[email protected]> Fri, 28 Nov 2025 08:54:56 +0100

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Srayan Jana <[email protected]> writes:
> This might sound dumb, but could you make a closed source application using Guile? Guile itself is GPL, but does that mean anything I make using Guile ALSO has to be GPL?

Guile is LGPL, so you can make closed source applications, as long as
you release your changes to Guile itself as Free Software.

Some libraries (i.e. in the guile-lib package) are GPL. If you use
those, you must release what you create under a GPL-compatible license.

Best wishes,
Arne
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