[senorrib]

That's actually a major drawback on Rust to be adopted in enterprise settings. Any GPL library statically compiled would force the entire codebase to be licensed under GPL as well.

[dtech]

Whether it's source or a binary doesn't matter. You aren't allowed to use a compiled GPL library in non free code. LGPL was specifically made for that case.

[jeremyjh]

GPL can contaminate you when shared as a dynamic library under certain circumstances. But that doesn't matter, since there are few mainstream libraries in these communities licensed as GPL. Nearly all of it is MIT or Apache.

[imtringued]

There is no such thing as contamination.

GPL code doesn't change the license of your code. It only prevents you from using GPL code from your code.

[jeremyjh]

This is a distinction without a difference. If I must use it, I’d have to GPL my code.