-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks to all who helped me correct my misconception.
Soumyadip Modak RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata, India > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaushik Ghose > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 8:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ilug-cal] Request for Visual Studio SP5 or > April 2003 PC Quest CD2 > > > Hi, > thanks for takign the time to dig this out for me. > > I think what this tetx is doing is trying to ensure that , > say, the msvcrt.dll code doesn't have to be released. > > So the GPL requires you to submit ALL source code, including > sourec code ofr libraries that you use. > > I think this wording is an attempt to stop the viral nature of GPL. > > Its like the QPL - for windows they don't want you distribute > source code that makes the qt.dll file for instance, so > technically qt widnows apps need to be released under the > QPL, since you need to distribute the qt.dll, but not the > code that can make the qt.dll, ditto for msvcrt.dll > > I looked over the EULA on the msvc disk, and there were no > restrictions on distributing stuff you made, just of > redistributing source code written by MS itself. > > Any legal types there ? > -kg > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPwPaAQAMO//EcNNiEQIELwCfcmazGQUF1xMoYZMAcHB8G1joH3QAoO29 xc8N7MrfRqMFFdas6bWBwekV =K/3m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
