libCGAL.so is missing

[wanfuse123]

libcgal.so is missing from bookworm and buster too

Need to know what the latest version with the libraries source code is and compiled version, please

Environment

Debian 12 g++ Linux

[sloriot]

CGAL is a header only library. Only headers are provided.

[wanfuse123]

I thought it was an open source product? does the source come with a license purchase? let me know! thanks!

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On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 3:36 AM Sebastien Loriot ***@***.***> wrote: CGAL is a header only library. Only headers are provided. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#8289 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADDBZWI4RSJ5WOTQ6W5FG7LZH7PPJAVCNFSM6AAAAABJO37BY2VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDCNZVGQYDINJSGE> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[sloriot]

CGAL is an open source project using the GPL-3 license, but as you mention it is also available under a commercial license if you cannot compile with the terms of the GPL. So there is nothing different in the commercial and the open source license. About the header only, maybe the wikipedia definition here will be helpful:

In the context of the C or C++ programming languages, a library is called header-only if the full definitions of all macros, functions and classes comprising the library are visible to the compiler in a header file form.[1] Header-only libraries do not need to be separately compiled, packaged and installed in order to be used. All that is required is to point the compiler at the location of the headers, and then #include the header files into the application source.

[wanfuse123]

thank you one more question what is the license cost for providing source code that uses this library commercially?

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On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 10:53 AM Sebastien Loriot ***@***.***> wrote: CGAL is an open source project using the GPL-3 license, but as you mention it is also available under a commercial license if you cannot compile with the terms of the GPL. So there is nothing different in the commercial and the open source license. About the header only, maybe the wikipedia definition here <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Header-only> will be helpful: *In the context of the C <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language)> or C++ <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B> programming languages, a library <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_(computing)> is called header-only if the full definitions of all macros <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_(computer_science)>, functions <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(computer_science)> and classes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_(computer_science)> comprising the library are visible to the compiler <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler> in a header file <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Header_file> form.[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Header-only#cite_note-Wilson-HeaderOnly-1> Header-only libraries do not need to be separately compiled <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler>, packaged and installed in order to be used. All that is required is to point the compiler at the location of the headers, and then #include <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_preprocessor> the header files into the application source.* — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#8289 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADDBZWIJNVV2FXFCJ56BI7LZIBCYBAVCNFSM6AAAAABJO37BY2VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDCNZWGMYDOMBRGM> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[sloriot]

Again, there is nothing to pay to see the code, it is entirely on github, That is only using the library in a non open source context that requires a commercial license. If you are developing a closed source product, you can get in touch with GeometryFactory using contact@geometryfactory.com but again you won't get more code than the one that is currently on github.