Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 19:33:56 -0700 (PDT)
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To: davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: Accessing FoxPRO or dBASE files from DJGPP
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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At 09:20  9/9/1997 +0100, Dave Pearson wrote:
>On Tue, 9 Sep 1997 04:29:46 GMT, Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net> wrote:
>
>> >It has a C-language interface, so you can call the database functions
>> >from a C program. The source code is "freely" available -- that is, if
>> >you have US$100 to spare for processing. I don't exactly understand
>> >OnTheNet's distribution policy -- they're willing to part with the source
>> >(you can't resell the library source or binaries, but anything you make
>> >is totally unrestricted) but they won't put it up on an FTP site, you
>> >have to pay the so-called "distribution fee."
>>
>> Can they do that? If it's based on GCC, presumably it falls under the GPL.
>
>Not so. It converts xBase code into C code and you compile it with a C
>compiler. Just because you compile something with GCC doesn't mean that it
>has to fall under the GPL.
Okay, sorry, I misunderstood.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net