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From: | "Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Msnews@pineight.8m.com> |
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Subject: | Re: Why did ID choose DJGPP for Quake? |
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NNTP-Posting-Date: | Wed, 29 Dec 1999 23:35:07 GMT |
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Date: | Wed, 29 Dec 1999 23:35:07 GMT |
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"Vinzent Hoefler" <JeLlyFish DOT software AT gmx DOT net> wrote: > Jens Luedicke <jens AT irs-net DOT com> wrote: > > >Commercial compilers require a special licence, which allows the > >software firms to sell their software legally. > > Sorry, but that's nonsense. > > You can sell everything that is compiled with a legal copy of a > commercial compiler. That's implied in the license. I got a legal copy of CodeWarrior from Metrowerks, and its EULA said don't develop commercial software with this. You may develop free[beer]ware or shareware, but no payware. That's the difference between CodeWarrior Discovery and CodeWarrior Pro. > >If they choose a > >GNU Compiler they don't need special licening. > > At least the compiler should be released under the _L_GPL. The libs (libc, the [in]famous -lstdcx[x], etc.) _are_ LGPL'd. A GPL'd compiler simply means that you have to distribute or link to source code *if you distribute the compiler*. > For me the "real" GPL looks more strict than the license of a > commercial compiler: It requires you to release the source > with your programs. Which is why some of us hate Cygwin. -- Damian Yerrick http://yerricde.tripod.com/ View full .sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html and now you must pay...
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