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Re: [Mingw-users] Including GDI+ in MinGW




Quoting Brandon Sneed <brandon@xxxxxxx>:

> You can use the MS GDI+ headers with GCC all you want provided you
> make a few modifications.  If you've obtained the headers, you've most
> likely agreed to their EULA in the PSDK which doesn't dictate what you
> can/can't compile it with.  There are no legal issues with this, only
> with redistribution of the headers themselves.
>

Which then prevents you from distributing a GPL licensed source as the 
two can't be used together.  You can privately use such a combination 
all you want but you cannot distribute a GPL source that has used a MS 
EULA library.

Earnie

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