May 12, 2003
1:26 a.m.
Greg Ewing wrote:
Specifically, mingw exploits a specific clause in the GPL which allows dependencies on "components of the OS". MSVCRT qualifies here, but MSVCR7 doesn't.
But surely any GPL issues with using mingw apply only to libraries that mingw *itself* depends on, and then only if one is redistributing a work derived from mingw -- not to anything *created* with mingw?
That's my interpretation of the GPL, as well. -- Gerhard