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

On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 12:08:28AM +0000, Srayan Jana wrote:
> The specific context I'm thinking of in terms of making a closed source application for Guile is something like an application I can release on PC (or even the iOS/Android App Stores if possible)
> So like, I dunno, like a chat app like Discord, or a game like Wordle.

To be clear: it is not /necessary/ that the app be closed source
to run on "PC" (I guess you mean Windows by that), iOS or Android:
there are *a lot* of free software applications which do that.

One example: vlc [1], which is GPL V2+ (some parts LGPL) and runs
on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, tvOS, ChromeOS, Windows
Phone, various BSD-based systems, Solaris, BeOS, OS/2, and Syllable,
according to [1a]. It's just a question of design and of how many
maintainers step in to make it happen.

Cheers

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player
[1a] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player#Operating_system_compatibility
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