Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/04/26/05:37:21
On Fri, 26 Apr 1996, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Samuel Vincent wrote:
>
> > > Tom Powell writes:
> > > > I am a little confused about the license involved with DJGPP.
> >
> > You don't need to release source code. You only have to make available
> > your code in object format so people could relink it with their
> > own djgpp libraries if they want.
>
> That is WRONG! Programs compiled with DJGPP do not, repeat NOT, require
> the author to distribute anything except the binary executable. Please
> do not make this issue more confusing than it is. There are a few
> SPECIAL cases (explained in the FAQ and in the recent postings by DJ
> himself) where you use GNU (not DJGPP, GNU!) libraries, and which require
> to make a linkable object files available. But in general, this is NOT
> required. For details, please read Chapter 19 of the FAQ list.
Well.. what I had meant was if you used the GNU c++ libraries...
I was unclear because I was tired when I wrote that.. sorry to confuse
you more... ;) So you have nothing to worry about unless youre using
libg++.a... If you are.. you simply make an object file someone could
relink with their own libg++.a... It's that simple..
-Sam
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