You are not correct. You might wish to read this 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL_linking_exception which covers many of the 
same issues, and how they think they resolved it. 

> On Feb 27, 2019, at 12:45 PM, Space A. <reexist...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It's very clear case. It will never become a case in a court. Otherwise, if 
> it ever will, I mean, compiling own program and distributing a binary which 
> used stdlib e.g. without kissing someone's ass - language is dead.
> 
> 
> 
> ср, 27 февр. 2019 г. в 21:39, Robert Engels <reng...@ix.netcom.com>:
>> 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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