That is incorrect thinking. And again, it is all subject to litigation. Whether 
you are right or wrong is up to the courts to decide. 

> On Feb 27, 2019, at 8:55 AM, Space A. <reexist...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Regarding runtime - it's interesting (and separate question maybe), and I 
> would argue that runtime IS part of language itself because language is not 
> only a syntax. It also a garbage collector, a goroutines, etc, as you 
> mentioned. You just can't write Go program without having runtime. It's not 
> possible. So, that means that being part of the language, according to 
> copyright laws, runtime can't be covered by copyright and restricted by a 
> license.
> 
> ср, 27 февр. 2019 г. в 17:36, 'David Golden' via golang-nuts 
> <golang-nuts@googlegroups.com>:
>> 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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