license question about source link to clang

Clang Frontend
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If I implement a Codeblocks’ plug-in which is statically link to the libclang library.see:[1]

As I know, the clang/llvm has a BSD like license, but as Codeblock has GPLV3 license.

So, my question is: If I would like to release the plug-in source in GPLV3, is this possible? or there are some conflict?

Sorry If I’m wrong.

[1] http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,14046.0.html

thanks.

asmwarrior
ollydbg from codeblocks’ forum.

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I’m not a lawyer, but it is commonly understood that the LLVM/UIUC license is compatible with the GPL. The FSF has a web page that discusses license compatibility somewhere.

-Chris

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Chris Lattner <clattner-2kanFRK1NckAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

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Thanks Chris for the reply.

I'm not a lawyer either.:slight_smile:

I have found the FAQ
see:Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU Licenses - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

but after reading for several hours, I still does no get the clean answer.
I know that LLVM/UIUC's license is compatible with GPL, but if my code was statically link to libclang, can I publish the code under GPLV3 ?

This is the main point I still can't find under the FAQ.

thanks.

asmwarrior
ollydbg from codeblocks' forum

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My understanding is that if you add code to libclang and link that into a GPL app, that the entire unit is GPL including the code you add.

-Chris

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Thanks for the response.

So, The answer is definitely "YES" to my original question.

I just asked in stackoverflow site, and get the same answer here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4754683/publish-a-gplv3-lincensed-project-which-statically-link-to-a-bsd-style-licensed-l

Finally, it seems that currently there's no barrier to start a New Codecompletion plugin for Codeblocks now.

asmwarrior
ollydbg from codeblocks' forum