Hi all, https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/create-a-utf8-c-runtime/351432 has some info from 2020 about utf-8 locale support in recent builds of windows. - Dan
Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU implementation of make < help-make@gnu.org> schrieb am Fr., 1. Okt. 2021, 07:45: > > There is no issue. > > The legal aspects of linking GPL software with MSVCRT.DLL have been > > examined long ago, and the examination concluded that doing so is > > perfectly kosher. > > I think you're talking at cross-purposes: you're talking about whether > it's legally safe to link to this library, whereas Kaz is talking about > whether MS makes any promise about the contents of this library > (i.e. whether it's technically safe to link to it). > > IIUC it's definitely legal to link to it, and while MS would like to > have a free hand in what it puts into this library, in practice the > marketplace pressure to ensure backward compatibility appears to be > sufficient to make its use technically safe so far. > > > Stefan > > >
