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

["Dave Korn" <dave.korn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Keith Marshall wrote on 15 May 2008 21:36:

> 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?

  Ship pre-processed .i files?  ;-)

    cheers,
      DaveK
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