Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 1994 23:36:04 -0800
From:	John Nemeth <jnemeth AT cue DOT bc DOT ca>
To:	babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: Distributing a recompiled GO32

On Mar 14,  2:35pm, Bob Babcock wrote:
} Subject: Distributing a recompiled GO32
} If I distribute a version of GO32 which is recompiled from unaltered sources,
} but by a compiler other than Turbo C 2, do DJ's licensing conditions change
} in any way?  Does it matter whether GO32 is separate or bound into the
} executable?  The reason for asking is that in the past it has been suggested
} that some bugs might be fixed by using Borland C 3.1, but there were some
} questions about whether the Borland license allowed you to produce compilers
} and DOS extenders.  I do notice that GO32 gets smaller if compiled with BC
} 3.1 (haven't tried 4.0 on it yet).
}-- End of excerpt from Bob Babcock

     The original licence agreement for Borland C 4.0 said that you
couldn't use it to create products that compete with any Borland
product, but that condition has been rescinded (mainly because people
would simply use a competitor's compiler).  Besides, Borland C 4.0
doesn't support 32 bit DOS apps (I checked into every compiler I could
find for my current project).

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