On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 9:20 AM Space A. <reexist...@gmail.com> wrote:

> There is no "derivatives" in Go's license terms *at all*. There is only
> redistribution in binary and source form and it covers only what's in the
> repo (https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/LICENSE).
>
> Compilation is not redistribution.
>
> For a C compiler that could be true.  For Go's compiler, it also compiles
the source code in the repo for the runtime -- e.g. memory allocation,
garbage collection, concurrency management, etc.  If a program uses any of
the core Go libraries, the same applies.  That source code is being
"redistributed in binary form" by being statically compiled into the final
executable.

Thus, distribution of a Go executable requires including third party
notices to cover the redistribution of the runtime and core libraries
compiled into that executable.

Regards,
David

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