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

[Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Earnie Boyd wrote:
> 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
>
>   

Is that a restriction in the MS EULA? I don't see the GPL restricting 
that? But then IANAL.

Doug.

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