Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] 64-bit experiment

[Earnie <ea...@us...>]

On 4/7/2017 3:55 PM, David Gressett wrote:
> 
>> From: Keith Marshall <kei...@us...>
> 
> 
>> On 07/04/17 14:52, Earnie wrote:
>>> On 4/2/2017 3:47 PM, Cesar Strauss wrote:
>>>> Following a recent thread on building a MinGW.org cross-compiler
>>>> from scratch, I became curious about seeing how far I could get by
>>>> targeting "x86_64-pc-mingw32" ...
> ... snip ...
>>>> Otherwise, we can proceed by trial and error. In that case, we can
>>>> take the opportunity to properly document the process for which we
>>>> arrived at the final result. If this does not work, we can later
>>>> reconsider looking at their startup code.
>>>
>>>> This may be the better choice.
> 
>> I agree; better to avoid the poisoned chalice.
> 
> I am in full agreement with Keith on this. Some years ago, I was
> employed as IT support in a law office where I developed software to
> automate the creation of the paperwork involved in filing lawsuits, i.e,
> I was generating ingredients for poisoned chalices, and I know far
> more than most people know about why they should be avoided.
> 

We would use SPI lawyers to defend our position and counter with the
fact that the chalice is using our trademarked name.  I do not intend to
rebut this so please do not flame.  I'm only stating fact to an already
tender position.

> As I have mentioned in previous messages to this list, I think
> that the best long-term solution to navigating the Microsoft
> legal minefield is to contact Microsoft and get a detailed answer as
> what is permissible and what is not. The official Microsoft
> philosophy about open-source software has improved
> substantially in recent years, and it may even be possible
> to get permission to access some license-protected
> information that would otherwise be inaccessible.
> 

Especially since they've been openly helping Cygwin including to the
point of adding to the API to support them (and themselves) with a POSIX
image.  There have been several improvements to the API to help support
the Cygwin product.

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Earnie