Re: 64-bit version of Lilypond?

[David Kastrup]

Hans Åberg <address@hidden> writes:

>> On 24 Feb 2019, at 20:47, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>>> Are there any other considerations here related to software usage
>>>> rights? GPL v2 versus v3 was mentioned earlier; can anyone provide
>>>> an overview of what that change means for a LilyPond 64 bit macOS
>>>> effort?
>>> 
>>> Nothing, I would think.
>> 
>> If libraries with incompatible license would require to be linked, it
>> means "nothing" in the sense of "there is nothing we can offer for
>> MacOSX".
>
> I do not think it is any more incompatible than pre 64 bit.

We had this discussion already.  Just because the change to GPLv3 was
not likely checked to be license compatible with a no longer
identifiable version of Xcode does not mean that we can blindly go ahead
without checking when we can.

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David Kastrup