Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 05:17:35 -0500 (EST)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT sympatico DOT ca>
Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT sympatico DOT ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: Rich Dawe <rd5718 AT irix DOT bris DOT ac DOT uk>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: RSXNTDJ1
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On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Rich Dawe wrote:
> 
> > 	I've used it with v2.01 and it worked fine. However, if you want
> > to use more than the standard Windows calls, it might be worth getting the
> > GNU Windows32 API (which is naturally free) and using that.
> 
> It's not free, it's under the GNU GPL (General Public License).  For 
> people who want to develop commercial apps, this is quite a difference.

What exactly does this mean?  If you make a commercial app, then what
happens?

I am under the understanding that:  I can make a
game/wordprocessor/utility/whatever I want with DJGPP, and start
selling it in Walmart and Kmart tomorrow without paying any royalties
to anyone, and without infringing on anyones rights/copyrights, etc...

Quake is written in DJGPP, doesn't that mean that they need only say
"This program was written in DJGPP which you can download from..."?

That is my understanding of the GPL.  Am I wrong?



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