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

[Tuomo Latto <djv@xxxxxx>]

Tor Lillqvist wrote:
>> Only an opinion from the FSF itself can
>> have any authority in this matter, however.
> 
> Or more properly, an opinion of the copyright owner to the code in
> question. If one or several persons own the copyright to some code
> that requires, say, GDI headers to compile, and they still decide to
> distribute that code under the GPL or LGPL, I don't see what the FSF's
> or some third party's interpretation of these licenses have to do with
> it.

IANAL, but even the copyright owner's interpretation of the license is
irrelevant. You are suppose to say what you mean without any room
for misinterpretation in a license. If there is room for interpretation,
funny legal things may ensue.
Of course, the copyright owner may re-license or choose to ignore
breaches of license (which in some cases could also be seen as
implicit re-licensing, I think), but that is another matter.


-- 
Tuomo

... Don't do what I SAY, do what I mean!


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