On 20.11.2022 18:58, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
And if your application uses features unavailable in older (or default) crt versions then this make application code simplifier. Also redistributable packages are in most cases installed by Windows update mechanism, which could be marked as system library. But well, this is more license discussion than development discussion...I mentioned that because people might inadvertently build GPL'ed GNU software using this option, and violate the GPL without knowing it. This is relevant to those who read this list and port GNU software to MS-Windows.
Microsoft calls UCRT an "operating system component". UCRT comes pre-installed since Windows 10, updates via Windows Update, and can be installed after the fact on older versions of Windows (the ones still supported) via Windows Update. While i am not a lawyer, UCRT looks like a very uncontroversial case of a system library, and thus should fall under the "system library" exception of GPL, like MSVCRT.DLL does.
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