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0 pointszaphirplane6y ago0 comments

Kaitai Looks interesting and rich. Thou I don’t get the license gpl3 for the compiler and MIT for the runtime, you can use the runtime without the compiler ? Why split them up licensing wise

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pabs36y ago

I haven't used it but I think the idea is that if they want the tool to be used in proprietary software; the runtime needs to be license-compatible with anything, but the compiler can be any license, so may as well be one that ensures the compiler will always be open.

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