As far as I understand, I can't use the GPL for any open source
project I write using Microsoft's MFC. Which alternatives do I have
regarding licenses, that come as close as possible to GPLing my own
sources?
Carsten
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begin Carsten Kuckuk quotation:
As far as I understand, I can't use the GPL for any open source
project I write using Microsoft's MFC. Which alternatives do I have
regarding licenses, that come as close as possible to GPLing my own
sources?
You may grant special exception to the GPL
Quoting Nick Moffitt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
[...]
The GPL allows you to grant permission to do new things, but won't
allow you to put new restrictions on users. See GPL section 6.
Nick, I believe Carsten is referring to a section in recent Microsoft
SDKs' EULAs banning their use in developing
Nick Moffitt wrote:
begin Carsten Kuckuk quotation:
As far as I understand, I can't use the GPL for any open source
project I write using Microsoft's MFC. Which alternatives do I have
regarding licenses, that come as close as possible to GPLing my own
sources?
You may grant
Nick,
Thank you for your reply. In the meantime I went to the GPL FAQ page
(which I should have done before posting here) and found this
paragraph which supports your interpretations:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WindowsRuntimeAndGPL
[..]
I'm writing a Windows application with
Rick,
Thank you for drawing my attention to the MS EULAs. They are really
vile. The section that you describe was introduced with one of the
VS.NET compilers. On my computer at work I have VS 6.0 and VS.NET 2003
installed. The (German version of the) VS.NET 2003 EULA contains the
sections you
CK == Carsten Kuckuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
CK So from a first superficial look it seems that I can use VS
CK 6.0 in order to develop GPLs applications, and that I can
CK distribute the source code and the compiled version of the
CK application under the GPL as long as the
Evan,
My real problem is, that I'd like to contribute to a GPL'd project. My
contribution would be a standalone program that is GUI intensive.
During daytime I work as a C++/MFC/database programmer and am very
familiar with MS VS as my main tool. So implementing that standalone
program using VS
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