From: Greg C. <chi...@co...> - 2006-05-23 12:36:13
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On 2006-5-23 11:38 UTC, Earnie Boyd wrote: > Quoting Chris Sutcliffe <ir0...@gm...>: [...] >> One more thought, what about providing a script/batch file that could >> be run against the uuid.lib provided by the Microsoft platform SDK? >> We would not actually provide a libuuid.a, but rather the script >> itself, it would then be up to the developer to use the script on >> uuid.lib should they need it. This should take care of the legal side >> of things since the developer would have agreed to the EULA in the >> PSDK to obtain uuid.lib. [...] > > It misses the point of having distributable source set, IMO. However, > as Danny points out the SDK C libraries are usable by recent GCC and > binutils so it would be a matter of instructing the user to download the > SDK for the files. Not something I treasure doing. Would that preclude using MinGW to develop GPL apps? I tried following the links at the bottom of this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_SDK (presumably updated as ms moves its web pages around) but couldn't see an easy way to view the license. However, this seems troubling: http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-06-20-018-20-NW-MS-SW 'Microsoft SDK license disallows the use of "viral software"' |