Re: [Dev-C++] Question about the Dev-C++ license

[Carlo <car...@li...>]

Christoph Peters ha scritto lo scorso 29/09/2004 17.53:

> In the last months I created a 3D engine based on Direct3D. I compiled 
> it in Dev-C++ as dll. I intend to publish it in the internet. Of course 
> I'll show the users the license agreement of Dev-C++.
> Would it be legally if I publish it in the internet? And would the users 
> be allowed to sell games they made using this dll?
> I'd be thankful for a fast and obliging answer.
> With kind regards
> Christoph Peters.
> 
I'm only a user of Dev-cpp, so please don't consider what I'm going to
say as *the verb*, but in my opinion, you must consider this:

dev-cpp comes with a GPL licensing scheme; this means that you can
freely use it and redistribute it - together with sorces and a copy of
the GPL license. Moreover, you can modify it or take pieces of code from
it and insert them in a new work or link towards dynamic libraries but,
according to GPL, the derived work *must* be GPL'd.

When you use dev-cpp to edit, debug and compile your code you are only
using a GPL application and, as long as your software does not contain
pieces of code nor is dinamically linked towards dev-cpp libraries, you
can release your work with the license you prefer (even a commercial one).

A final consideration: I'm not a lawyer, and this matter is not so
straitforward as someone can guess; I suggest you to take a look at GNU
homepage for more documentation (included the 13 or so page GPL license)
for more info.

cheers