[Mingw-users] [mingw - StupidTechiQuestions] RE: Distributing Quake 2 Source/Binaries

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By: tml1024

Depends on *what* runtime it is linked to. MSVCRT.DLL (which mingw and mingw-built
software uses, unless you explicitly tell it not to) is part of Windows. The
other Microsoft C runtimes are not. Especially not the newer ones MSVCR71.dll
etc.

Many people feel that this means you cannot distribute GPL binaries linked with
those runtimes. (Except if you are the copyright holder to said software yourself,
then you of course can do what you like with it, like allow others to redistribute
it.)

Also, current Microsoft EULAs tend to have all kinds of odd rules that seem
to refer to Open Source or Free software (although they don't say it clearly),
and I would be very careful also becuase of this

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