From: EPA AT datcon DOT co DOT uk (Edward Avis)
Subject: RE: Legal/policy question concerning GPL'd apps
17 Jun 1998 07:36:17 -0700
Message-ID: <c=GB%a=TMAILUK%p=DCNET%l=EXCHANGE2-980617101008Z-9636.cygnus.gnu-win32@smtp.datcon.co.uk>
To: "'astockdale AT computer DOT org'" <astockdale AT computer DOT org>,
        "'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com'" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

>Does dynamically linking GPL'd applications (such as GIMP or others)
>with windows dll's violate the GPL?

No.  The GPL has a special exception for things that are part of the OS:

>However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not
>include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or
>binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on)
>of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that
>component itself accompanies the executable.

--
Ed Avis <http://members.tripod.com/~mave>
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