From: Earnie B. <ea...@us...> - 2008-05-16 12:17:22
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Quoting Tor Lillqvist <tm...@ik...>: >> Only an opinion from the FSF itself can >> have any authority in this matter, however. > > Or more properly, an opinion of the copyright owner to the code in > question. If one or several persons own the copyright to some code > that requires, say, GDI headers to compile, and they still decide to > distribute that code under the GPL or LGPL, I don't see what the FSF's > or some third party's interpretation of these licenses have to do with > it. > The licenses of the original code cannot be changed unless the copyright owner(s) agree. MS EULA and GPL contradict each other and therefore cannot coexist. If you distribute binaries of GPL code then you must distribute the source for that GPL code and the GPL states that you must be able to compile the source which would mean you would have to distribute the GDI headers which you are not permitted to do which is a direct contradiction to the GPL which requires you to distribute the source. This is why MinGW exists. Note LGPL gives no exception to distributed source; it only gives exception to the use of the compiled source. Earnie |