From: <ea...@pr...> - 2009-09-18 16:16:12
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Quoting Danny Smith <dan...@cl...>: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Chicares"To: "MinGW Users List" > <min...@li...> > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 7:01 AM > Subject: Re: [Mingw-users] distributing LIBGCC_S_DW2-1.DLL > > >> On 2009-09-08 14:21Z, Brecht Sanders wrote: >>> >>> So my original question still stands: can the binary LIBGCC_S_DW2-1.DLL >>> be distributed or are there license restrictions? >> >> This search: >> http://www.google.com/#q=libstdc%2B%2B+license >> leads you to this thread: >> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2004-06/threads.html#01123 >> > > I suggest that anyone who is thinking about distributing > LIBGCC_S_DW2-1.DLL shoulf read this thread carefully. If you don't agree > with the advise in that discussion, you should probably seek a legal > opinion. > > Ribert Dewar's statement about the intent og the GPL is worth repeating: > > "Just think about the intention, the idea is that the recipient > of the softeware must be able to modify it. If you distribute a DLL > containing GPL'ed > code the recipient must be able to modify that code and recreate the DLL." > Which is to say that you must have a soft copy of the source that created LIBGCC_S_DW2-1.DLL handy to distribute should someone request it. I would suggest that the distribution of a binary that requires this DLL should also contain the source for the DLL just so that your obligations to the GPL are met in full. The GPL places the burden of distribution of source on the distributor of the binary. You cannot use a URL reference to the source unless that URL belongs to you. Earnie |