Re: [Mingw-users] Including GDI+ in MinGW
On Thursday 15 May 2008 18:42, Doug Schaefer wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Is that a restriction in the MS EULA? I don't see the GPL restricting
> that? But then IANAL.
The GPL requires you to distribute full source, to allow an end user to
rebuild your application from scratch. If part of that source resides
in headers which you do not have the right to redistribute, how can you
possibly comply with the GPL, without infringing the EULA of those
headers?
Regards,
Keith.
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