Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 17:02:57 -0700 (PDT)
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To: Michael Katz <mkatz1 AT gl DOT umbc DOT edu>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: DJGPP
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At 08:57  10/3/1997 -0400, Michael Katz wrote:
>Ok, I'm new at this so here goes:
>If I use the libgpp.a library i have to provide the object or source code
>of my app also.
>What's so bad about that?
That depends on your point of view. Bill Gates would rather die than give
away his source code, RMS feels the opposite way.
>What are the drawbacks of providing the object code also?  Is it easier to
>hack than the executables?
Not particularly. It might show somebody some of your variable names, and it
will show them which libgpp functions you use, but otherwise no. The main
disadvantage of object vs. executable is that the user has to have a linker.

The reason they do it that way, I think, is so that the user can update
their libgpp and have the changes apply to old programs.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net