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[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?

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] Tuxmath Windows build

[Fòram na G. <fi...@fo...>]

Common practice is to deliver an exe with the needed DLLs and progam
data, the license info and a link to the source code repository. You do
not need to include the source code itself as long as the link is there.


Sgrìobh LM na leanas 01/06/2017 aig 13:54:
> 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?
> 
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Re: [Tuxmath-devel] Tuxmath Windows build

[Pere P. i C. <per...@gm...>]

El dj 01 de 06 de 2017 a les 08:54 -0400, en/na LM va escriure:
> 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). 

Any chance that goes into the tux4kids repos in github and/or alioth?


>  Would it be useful to make the executable available for
> people who can't build the application from source?

Yes, please :) Unfortunately, not everybody runs opensource OSs


> 
> 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?

I just took a look at http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/tuxmath/download.php
>From there, I deduce that one only has to provide the GPL source code 
AKA tuxmath and t4k-commons sources, at least this is what has been done
up to present.

Please, correct me if I am wrong

Thanks
Pere





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