[Devel] A question concerning the freetype licence

[Erwin Hoegerl]

Dear Sirs,

I'm examine the freetype font renderer for potential use in a commercial
project.

I' dealing with the following configuration: A Linux-system with installed
freetype library as provided
by freetype.org or the linux distribution, dynamically linked by the
application, without any modification in the freetype library.
The application itself is part of an embedded, proprietary machine control
system.
The application will not be distributed as stand-alone program.

I'm not really sure about some issues concerning the FreeType License and
the GPL.
As I understood the GPL, when I'm using the freetype library, I have to
release for public the whole source code of my application.
But after reading the FreeType License, it not sure about this demand.
Making the source code of our project public would be a strong reason for
not using the freetype library.

Can you clarify this licence issue?

Sincerely yours,
    Erwin Hoegerl