[Android] libgnustl_shared.so license is GPLv3 not LPGL?

[desman]

I recently read this gnustl from android developer page.

The shared library for this runtime is libgnustl_shared.so, and the static library is libgnustl_static.a.

gnustl is covered by the GPLv3 license, and not the LGPLv2 or LGPLv3. For more information, see the license on the GCC website.

The current LOVE-android port dynamically linked to libgnustl_shared.so.

This is means "almost" every game using LOVE-android released to Google Play Store today also must be released under GPL license (they must provide the source).

If someguy using LOVE and make tons of money on Play Store using gnustl, then FSF can sue him. What do you guys think of this?

[slime]

The license linked within your link (https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc+ ... cense.html) contains an exception for non-GPL apps that were compiled with GCC and use GNU's STL because of it. This is the case with love apps on Android (and love on Linux in general, I believe).

[desman]

Thanks, I didn't know that.

Might be a good reason to replace gnustl with LLVM libc++, because gnustl will be removed from Android NDK in near future.