Re: Can you under the GPL distribute executables without full sources?

2002-08-27 Thread James Michael DuPont
Thanks for your comments. Let me clarify the points : The DIA tool is a GTK(+) based diagram tool. It has been ported to the windows by Hans Breuer and Tor Lillqvist. After looking into it, The source code is not exactly broken, just strewn around. There are a bunch of needed dlls,

Re: Can you under the GPL distribute executables without full sources?

2002-08-27 Thread Mahesh T Pai
James Michael DuPont wrote: Assuming that someone is porting GNU/Gnome libs to windows : Please be clear - Which license applies to these libs? GPL? LGPL? Currently I am trying to re-compile some of the gnome/gnu libs ported to windows. Most probably, that means that the libs are covered

Can you under the GPL distribute executables without full sources?

2002-08-26 Thread James Michael DuPont
Dear List, I have a question about the nature of the GPL with source code. Assuming that someone is porting GNU/Gnome libs to windows : Can a person distribute just a DLL or lib without the source code being able to compile directly? Or Even worse : if other people base thier DLLS just on

Re: Can you under the GPL distribute executables without full sources?

2002-08-26 Thread David Johnson
On Thursday 22 August 2002 07:32 am, James Michael DuPont wrote: Can a person distribute just a DLL or lib without the source code being able to compile directly? Or Even worse : if other people base thier DLLS just on the DLLS provided, but no-one is able to recompile the entire thing