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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 16:29:46 -0500
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: Re: Complete set of NLS fixes (regex + strftime + locale)
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Vague.  In DJGPP, this statement means the library binaries, not the
library sources.  And the below doesn't say what copyright the sources
*are* under either.  Probably best to ask the author what his intent
was here, and how that applies to our case.

> The emx libraries are not distributed under the GPL.  Linking an
> application with the emx libraries does not cause the executable to be
> covered by the GNU General Public License.  You are allowed to change
> and copy the emx library sources if you keep the copyright message
> intact.  If you improve the emx libraries, please send your
> enhancements to the emx author (you should copyright your enhancements
> similar to the existing emx libraries).  Of course, all this does not
> apply to the libraries which are distributed under the GPL or the GNU
> Library General Public License (LGPL, see \emx\doc\COPYING.LIB) or the
> BSD license (see \emx\doc\COPYING.BSD), such as termcap.a, gpp.a and
> curses.a.

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