Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] New w32api release?

[Brandon S. <br...@oq...>]

Please ignore the DirectX part of the previous conversation.  Further  
investigation shows cut/pastes from MS headers right down to some of  
the "(c)Microsoft" notices.  :(   I'll take a look at seeing how  
usable Wine's DX headers are instead.


B

On Apr 5, 2006, at 11:31 PM, Brandon Sneed wrote:

> The FAQ on their site claims their "Giftware" license is GPL  
> compatible, and the license certainly looks that way to me though  
> IANAL.
>
>
> B
>
> On Apr 5, 2006, at 8:06 PM, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>
>> Quoting Brandon Sneed <br...@oq...>:
>>
>>> Heya Chris,
>>>
>>> I posted my most recent additions.  I apparently hosed my ability  
>>> to  diff easily by copying in a directx7 implementation for  
>>> mingw.  ps.   any idea why we don't use that?  I got it from  
>>> http:// alleg.sourceforge.net/wip.html.   I would assume its not  
>>> a direct  copy of MS's headers since there's still alot of stuff  
>>> missing from  it, but its much more complete than what's in  
>>> w32api already.
>>>
>>
>> Potential licensing issue here.  What license are they using for  
>> their software?
>>
>>
>> Earnie Boyd
>>
>> http://shop.siebunlimited.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting  
>> language
>> that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the  
>> live webcast
>> and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding  
>> territory!
>> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel? 
>> cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642
>> _______________________________________________
>> MinGW-dvlpr mailing list
>> Min...@li...
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-dvlpr
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting  
> language
> that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the  
> live webcast
> and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding  
> territory!
> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel? 
> cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642
> _______________________________________________
> MinGW-dvlpr mailing list
> Min...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-dvlpr