Thank you for your response. There is not currently any sort of space issue so your suggestion of including the source is probably a good idea. I appreciate the feedback as I wish to make sure that if I distribute anything that it is done correctly. > Subject: Re: standalone application distribution > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 08:17:56 +0000 > CC: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > On 4 Jan 2014, at 05:39, a b <[email protected]> wrote: > > > After having successfully gotten a GNUstep application to run on Win7 where > > no GNUstep is installed (reference #1), I am now attempting to perform a > > cleanup > > which will result in something which could be distributed to a Windows user > > who > > has not installed GNUstep. > > > > According to the "Introduction to GNUstep" (reference #2) at > > www.gnustep.org, > > the GNUstep libraries are covered under the GNU Lesser (Library) Public > > License > > while the stand-alone tools in GNUstep are under the standard GPL. > > SystemPreferences confirms this in the info panel as follows: > > SystemPreferences > > GNUstep System Preferences > > Release: 1.2.0 > > Authors: Riccardo Mottola > > Enrico Sersale <[email protected]> > > http://www.gnustep.org/experience/systempreferences.htm > > Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > Released under the GNU General Public License 2.0 or > > later > > Current theme: WinUXTheme > > > > SystemPreferences appears to be composed of the following executable > > and associated files: > > Directory SystemPreferences > > Size Name > > 6,613 GNUstep.conf (*** added > > since GNUstep is not installed ***) > > <DIR> Resources > > 247,017 SystemPreferences.exe > > Directory SystemPreferences\Resources > > Size Name > > <DIR> English.lproj > > 723 Info-gnustep.plist > > 306 SystemPreferences.desktop > > 9,662 SystemPreferences.ico > > 9,530 SystemPreferences.tiff > > > > Directory SystemPreferences\Resources\English.lproj > > <DIR> SystemPreferences.gorm > > Directory > > SystemPreferences\Resources\English.lproj\SystemPreferences.gorm > > Size Name > > 426 data.classes > > 184 data.info > > 2,511 objects.gorm > > > > Based upon the answers I received to my earlier questions > > I believe that it is permitted to distribute just these files in a > > standalone package with the necessary GNUstep .dlls and configuration > > files. Based upon previous discussion, I believe that this would fall under > > binary distribution so no distribution of the source code would be > > necessary. > > Also no modification was made to any of the GNUstep or SystemPreferences > > files which I feel would also negate the need for distribution of the > > source. > > > > Would anyone care to comment on this, and if any of this would require > > source code > > distribution please point out the relevant parts? > > > > Thanks > > Obviously if you haven't modified the source, there's no modified source for > you to supply. > When you are supplying some binary built from unmodified source within your > package, you need to make the source available ... but that could just mean > you tell people to look at the GNUstep website, so I think you are right to > say you don't need to provide the source. > > However, the source code doesn't take a huge amount of space ... so unless > there's a particular space issue that makes it impractical, I would consider > it a courtesy to the end user to supply the source code as part of the > package, even though you aren't obliged to do so. >
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