To me, LGPL and GPL w/exception look substantially the same. So I don't
see how pthreads-win32 would add much to the burden that users already have
because of libgcc.
Anyhow. I don't suppose I'll convince you guys to change your mind at this
juncture...
I opened a bug about this issue:
https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/344.
thanks,
Vadim
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 5:49 AM, John E. / TDM <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 9/13/2013 1:28 AM, Adrien Nader wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013, John E. / TDM wrote:
> >> This is absolutely the case. The pthreads-win32 library is LGPL, forcing
> >> the distribution of its source code along with all binary distributions
> >> -- and since all binaries compiled by a pthreads-enabled GCC depend on
> >> the pthreads library, everyone would have to distribute the pthreads
> >> source along with every program. Cheers to Kai et al. for creating an
> >> alternative.
> > You need to provide an offer to the get the sources. A link to the
> > website (or to your website to provide a mirror but sourceware doesn't
> > look like it will disappear soon) is enough.
>
> No, it isn't; please read the official GPL/LGPL FAQ to understand why,
> particularly
> <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AnonFTPAndSendSources>. And
> even if it were enough, it's still more of a burden than a casual user
> wants or is likely to comply with.
>
> -John E. / TDM
>
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