From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteerNO AT SPAMcs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: How free is DJGPP?
Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 1997 09:59:22 +0000
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Gunnar Beushausen wrote:
> 
> I would like to know if DJGPP itself can be distributed for free either
> along with free software or commercial software.

Lo and behold, the DJGPP gurus have already anticipated this question. 
Please examine the DJGPP Frequently Asked Questions list (v2/faq210b.zip
from SimTel), chapter 19.2.  This can also be read online at
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/faq149.html#Redistribution

FYI, distributions of the GNU utilities (compiler, parts of the
libraries, etc.) fall under the GNU General Public License (q.v.), found
as the file "COPYING" in all GNU distributions.

> One is my free BASIC interpreter GBasic. I think of so many things that
> could be implemented into it, that the executable would get much too big
> for an interpreter. Also not everybody would use all this stuff, so i want
> to create plugins for that interpreter in form of object files. So i would
> just distribute my *.o files and the user could link all the stuff he needs
> into the exe file.

I may be misunderstanding what you're saying here, but are you trying to
mix DJGPP .o files with compiled BASIC programs?  If so, you're in for a
pretty hefty undertaking:  the formats are totally incompatible.  OTOH,
your idea of a BASIC to C converter is interesting, albeit difficult. 
;)

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