Re: FreeDOS and GPL-compatibility
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 04:50:30PM -0400, Brett Smith wrote:
> Which is why the GPL leaves it up to the particular operating system in
> question. Note again: "the source code distributed need not include
> anything that is normally distributed... with the major components... of
> the operating system *on which the executable runs*." (Emphasis mine, of
> course.) As a compiler is not typically distributed with Windows, no
> compiler -- be it Borland, or gcc, or whatever -- falls under this
> exception for Windows programs.
Note that it says "major components .. of the operating system ..".
The question, I suppose, is whether the libraries themselves qualify
as such.
Certainly, those which come with VC++ would qualify. What's ambiguous
is whether Borland's would qualify.
[Emphasizing " on which the executable runs" merely excludes operating
systems where the executable doesn't run. I don't see that it adds
anything else to this issue.]
--
Raul
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