2011/2/1 Georgi Petrov <[email protected]>: > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Kai Tietz <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2011/2/1 Georgi Petrov <[email protected]>: >>> If headers are in public domain, I will be able to include evr.h in >>> mingw later, but if the headers are ZPL licensed, I wouldn't. >>> >>> The problem is that mingw's headers are in the public domain. Is there >>> any chance that the headers from mingw-w64 are also in public domain >>> (as is written in the beginning of the current evr.h)? >> >> We place headers (not source) into PD. But not in all legislatives >> there is the term Public Domain usable. Therefore we introduced for >> such cases the fallback ZPL license as it fits most the intention of >> somebody contributing to mingw-w64. >> >> Regards, >> Kai > > Ok, I understand. So currently evr.h is in the public domain, but when > I start helping improving it, you will transfer it to ZPL? Wrong, we won't change headers license.
> Is there an > option that evr.h remains in PD while I'm helping, so that later it > could be included in mingw headers? It remains PD. Just for juristditations not knowing legal term "public domain", it gets ZPL. For example, German lawsuite doesn't know legal term "public domain". Therefore we introduced ZPL as fallback license for making sure it remains in legal open-source license, if PD isn't usable. > My point is that building MPlayer (which uses mingw) will be *much* > easier that way. > > What do you think? > Regards, Kai ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
