On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 01:53:35PM +0200, Markus Meyer wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 12:22:26PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 11:05:23PM +0200, Jeroen Dekkers wrote: > > > > But plex86 is a bit different from emacs, plex86 needs to > > "intergrate" > > > > with windows to do its job if I'm right. That means a GPL > > > > volitation. I don't have any knowledge about windows, can somebody > > > > tell me how the interface works on that platform? > > > > > > IIRC there's an vxd driver, but it's distributed separately > > from Plex86. > > > then Plex86 is built on cygwin and works with the kernel stuff. > > I don't understand that. I have many GPL'd applications running on > Windows. Those are not illegal at all. I can't see why a VXD driver > would make a difference here, since it is just a DLL that calls some > special APIs. Can someone shed some light on this?
GPL disallows linking with software not under the GPL. If I'm right, the driver gets linked with windows itself to be able to run. But I'm not sure about this, I don't have any knowledge about windows. Jeroen Dekkers -- Jabber supporter - http://www.jabber.org Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org http://www.gnu.org IRC: jeroen@openprojects
