[Darwine] More Questions for the FAQ

[Mike E. <mik...@sb...>]

From the FAQ:

> While the basic compatibility is there as Darwin is largely FreeBSD,
> there is the hurdle of its Mach kernel which uses the Mach-O format
> rather than ELF. This part has been achived with success. It means
> that WineLib is now working on Mac OS X, and that developers should
> be able to recompile their Win32 Apps using WineLib and make them
> work in Mac OS X.

So if I recompile an MS Windows application with Darwine, people can
really run it in native mode on a Mac?  Do they have to install an
X server, or is it possible to build a formerly Windows application,
and people can run it without installing anything else?  What I really,
really would like to do is give them some kind of statically linked
executable that just runs on a Mac.

And if that's possible, is this code I'd be linking to GPL'ed in a
manner that would require that I make the source code for my app
public?  Or would I just have to make work I do on Darwine/WINE
be public?

Finally, what Mac hardware and software development tools should I
buy to undertake porting my MS Windows application to the Mac?

I'm probably should apologize for something, being a complete newbie
to your group and asking such basic questions.  I really probably
need a some kind of a Mac mentor to get be turn started in this.

--Mike