Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 13:41:09 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT sympatico DOT ca>
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 Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> > 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?

If you use a GPLed software in a commercial application, you basicly need
to make the sources available to your clients.  But if you don't know what
GPL means, you should really read the document (download any source
distribution from the v2gnu directory and look for the file called
COPYING), because there's much more to it than I can say in a short
message. 

> 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...

With DJGPP, yes.  But DJGPP is NOT GPLed, it is *really* free (a big 
difference, as I've said).  The DJGPP FAQ list explains more about this 
in chapter 19; I suggest you read it.