DNR wrote: > Chris Little wrote: > > A new from-scratch .NET/MFC-type app or a QT4 port of BibleTime (once > > QT4 for Win32 is released) would be better options, I think. > > Dev C++ has a nice ide, and uses the Mingw port of gcc. > http://www.bloodshed.net/ > I believe that the source for MFC is available with the platform sdk now. > > Might be an option worth considering.
(standard IANAL disclaimer) MFC is probably not an option. The Visual Studio .NET 2003 license names MFC as a "Redistributable", and then says, "If you use Redistributables, than in addition to your compliance with the applicable distribution requirements described for the Redistributables, the following also applies. Your license rights to the Redistributables are conditioned upon your not (i) creating derivative works of the Redistributables in any manner that would cause the Redistributables in whole or in part to become subject to the terms of an Excluded License; or (ii) distributing the Redistributables (or any derivative works thereof) in any manner that would cause the Redistributables to become subject to any of the terms of an Excluded License. An "Excluded License" is any license that requires as a condition of use, modification, and/or distribution of the software subject to the the Excluded License, that such software or other software combined and/or distributed with such software be (x) disclosed or distributed in source code form; (y) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works; or (z) redistributable at no charge." (source: http://www.microsoft.com/legal/useterms/documents/Visual Studio .NET Professional_2003_English_be8aa149-b0fd-494d-a902-07fdb2007b90.pdf ) In other words, creating a program that uses MFC and licensing it under the GPL looks just as illegal as creating a program that uses Sword and licensing it under a proprietary license. It appers this would still be the case even if there is an exception clause on the GPL. Using old versions of Visual Studio and/or MFC might curcumvent the problem. None of those are "free beer" free, however. Qt 4 might be better for that reason. Trolltech, however, only plans to support open source compilers in the GPL version for Windows (partially due to the M$ license clause I mentioned above; that's where I first heard about it). Something MinGW based such as Dev C++ looks like it might be a good option from what I've heard (though I haven't done any development on Windows lately). In the meantime, Qt 3 for Windows can be obtained from kde-cygwin.sf.net (not official, though, and I don't think it supports the native XP look and feel). BTW, did anyone see my message about "Miscellanious Sword API Questions" earlier? -Jeremy Erickson _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
