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Re: MSVC runtime library license problem
From: |
John W. Eaton |
Subject: |
Re: MSVC runtime library license problem |
Date: |
Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:37:24 -0500 |
On 23-Jan-2007, David Bateman wrote:
| So the problem is on the GPL side as msvcr70.dll is closed source and so
| can't be linked with a GPL program.. If that is a valid argument then
| any compiler that has a support library that is closed source can not be
| used to distribute GPL software. Does Intel's icc for example link
| against a support library? Does that prevent distribution?
Yes, if the support library is not GPL compatible and is not a part of
the OS.
| I'd hate to see the MSVC build thrown out, though I
| suppose we might go back to a mingw build if we have to...
Yes, I think that is the best solution.
You can still build Octave with MSVC for yourself, but you can't
distribute it.
As I see it, much of the work that Michael has done has been to make
Octave work better on Windows systems generally, not just for MSVC.
So I don't think that having to use the MinGW compiler to build a
version to distribute causes a lot of trouble.
jwe
- MSVC runtime library license problem, michael . goffioul, 2007/01/23
- RE: Re: MSVC runtime library license problem, michael . goffioul, 2007/01/23
- Re: MSVC runtime library license problem, David Bateman, 2007/01/23
- Re: MSVC runtime library license problem,
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- Re: MSVC runtime library license problem, David Bateman, 2007/01/23
- Re: MSVC runtime library license problem, Shai Ayal, 2007/01/23
- Re: MSVC runtime library license problem, John W. Eaton, 2007/01/23
- Re: MSVC runtime library license problem, David Bateman, 2007/01/23
- Re: MSVC runtime library license problem, Trond Varslot, 2007/01/23
- Re: MSVC runtime library license problem, John W. Eaton, 2007/01/23
- Re: MSVC runtime library license problem, Trond Varslot, 2007/01/23
RE: Re: MSVC runtime library license problem, John W. Eaton, 2007/01/23
RE: Re: MSVC runtime library license problem, michael . goffioul, 2007/01/23