[Tuxmath-devel] Tuxmath Windows build

[LM <lm...@gm...>]

I have a working build of Tuxmath for Windows.  It contains all the
latest patches I've been working on including several fixes for memory
issues and bugs.  It's portable, so you could put it on a flash drive
and use it on any Windows system (no registry or install software
needed).  Would it be useful to make the executable available for
people who can't build the application from source?

The biggest issue I see in doing something like this would be to make
sure that all source used to build it (including supporting libraries
with GPL or LGPL licenses) was available along with the executable.  I
just rebuilt Tuxmath from source yesterday and I cut out a few
dependencies, but I still needed 33 dlls to get Tuxmath to run.  Some
of the dlls are compiler libraries for GNU gcc/g++.  I've heard some
developers say you don't need to include compiler source code when
distributing Open Source, but others say that only applies when the
compiler is distributed with the operating system.  That's not the
case for a Windows system.  Making compiler and dependent library
source code available means sharing quite a lot of source code.  If
it's GNU GPLv3 licensed, I believe the source code has to be available
along with the executable (accessible from the same location).

So, is there interest in making a Tuxmath executable that works on
Windows available for general use?  If so, what would be a good plan
for distribution that honors the various licenses of all the software
libraries needed to build it?