Hi, On Tue, Sep 17, 2013, John E. / TDM wrote: > Hi folks, > > However, this > will have the result of infecting every executable that is compiled with > default options (e.g. "gcc -o a.exe a.c") with winpthreads and its > MIT-style license, where previously a user could have relied solely on > public-domain (MinGW-w64) and GPLv3+exception (GCC runtime) licensed > library code. This adds a new requirement of reproducing the winpthreads > license with every binary distribution.
Please keep in mind that the ability to put your own work into the "Public Domain" is pretty much limited to the anglo-saxon law. It's pretty much what is described on wikipedia: > Few if any legal systems have a process for reliably donating works to > the public domain. They may even prohibit any attempt by copyright > owners to surrender rights automatically conferred by law, > particularly moral rights. An alternative is for copyright holders to > issue a licence which irrevocably grants as many rights as possible to > the general public, e.g., the CC0 licence from Creative Commons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Domain#Dedicating_works_to_the_public_domain I'm not a lawyer and I'm not going to tell you how something that can be done in Anglo-saxon law "travels" to other countries where you cannot do that but afaiu it doesn't work well (probably becomes full copyright: i.e. no right granted to others). Only thing is that people trying to put something in PD have probably had no interest in complaining about that... Anyway, a license probably beats PD. That's why CC0 was created. Regards, Adrien Nader ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/20/13. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
