Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 10:57:00 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: jjk AT lbvrtda DOT logica DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP availability


On Thu, 18 Jan 1996 jjk AT lbvrtda DOT logica DOT com wrote:

> where can I find the latest version of DJGPP? simtel only has the gcc 2.6.3 
> port and I'm interested in:
> - gcc 2.7.x port

Get the v2.0 beta release (or wait for the public release, shouldn't be 
too far away).  You get Gcc 2.7.2.

> - Dos/OS2/Win32(s) support

It runs under these, but cannot generate native OS2 or Win95 programs.

> - port of other GNU utlities

SimTel has ports of many GNU development tools in the same directory 
where DJGPP is.

> Also, can I use DJGPP to write *commercial* software, ie am I bound to a 
> licence agreement which forces me to public all my source code or not? In 
> general I'd like to write freeware (free but no sources) but (amongst others) 
> the EMX port of GCC won't let me - the licence explicitly states that I have 
> to publish the source code...

If you don't use the C++ classes library (which is under GNU Library GPL),
basically you can do whatever you like with DJGPP programs.  For details,
see the DJGPP FAQ list (faq102.zip from the SimTel mirrors, in the
SimTel/vendors/djgpp directory), Chapter 19.