Re: [Mingw-users] Including GDI+ in MinGW
Quoting Tor Lillqvist <tml@xxxxxx>:
>> 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.
>
The licenses of the original code cannot be changed unless the
copyright owner(s) agree. MS EULA and GPL contradict each other and
therefore cannot coexist. If you distribute binaries of GPL code then
you must distribute the source for that GPL code and the GPL states
that you must be able to compile the source which would mean you would
have to distribute the GDI headers which you are not permitted to do
which is a direct contradiction to the GPL which requires you to
distribute the source. This is why MinGW exists. Note LGPL gives no
exception to distributed source; it only gives exception to the use of
the compiled source.
Earnie
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