John W. Eaton wrote: > On 20-Apr-2009, Shai Ayal wrote: > > | I think the problem is distributing the VC++ runtime libs, which are > | microsoft's equivalent of glibc, and which are certainly non-gpl > > Can they reasonably be considered a system component that is part of > the OS? If so, then I don't see a problem unless the terms of the > VC++ license prohibits redistribution. If not, then it would seem to > me that any distribution of binaries that are linked with the VC++ > libraries would violate the GPL. In that case, we should only be > distributing MinGW binaries. In any case, why did this come up in the > context of CLN and GiNaC? If the problem is with the VC++ license, > then I don't see that the problem is unique to CLN and GiNaC. > > jwe > > This case definitely isn't unique to CLN/GINAC, though my personal opinion is that the VC++ libraries are part of the compilation process and if a static build was used there wouldn't be any question so I don't see why the case is different with the libraries distributed with the installer.
In any case from what I understood from this thread the CLN author won't accept any of our muses as evidence one way or the other and his position puts in doubt the use of VC++ for any binary GPL distribution, CLN, Octave or otherwise, so we should bump this to licens...@fsf.org and get a definitive opinion. Cheers David -- David Bateman dbate...@dbateman.org 35 rue Gambetta +33 1 46 04 02 18 (Home) 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt FRANCE +33 6 72 01 06 33 (Mob) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
