> On 16 Sep 2015, at 17:18, Oswald Buddenhagen > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 02:34:49PM +0000, Lopes Yoann wrote: >> · for any Distributable Code having a filename extension of .lib, >> distribute only the results of running such Distributable Code through a >> linker with your application; >> > that may mean that we cannot distribute static binaries of that plugin, > as that would imply shipping the helper .lib. that is, unless we employ > ms lib's ability to link multiple static libs into a single static lib. > sounds like work. ^^ > > or it may be irrelevant, because ms is not distributing a .lib in the > first place … Yes I think that’s irrelevant, in this case the Distributable Code is only c++ code.
>> iii. Distribution Restrictions. You may not >> · modify or distribute the source code of any Distributable Code so that >> any part of it becomes subject to an Excluded License. An Excluded License >> is one that requires, as a condition of use, modification or distribution, >> that >> · the code be disclosed or distributed in source code form; or >> · others have the right to modify it. >> > ah, the good old ms. i think the express purpose of that clause is to > forbid usage in (l)gpl code, which means we would have to distribute at > least that plugin under BSD or proprietary only. You might be right… in that case this is probably a no-go. _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
