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Re: Microsoft library licenses
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John Hasler |
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Re: Microsoft library licenses |
Date: |
Fri, 06 May 2005 10:05:19 -0500 |
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Rob Thorpe writes:
> Is there a list anywhere of which Microsoft libraries have licenses
> that prevent them from being dynamically linked against GPL software.
> Especially, do any of the Win32 SDK libraries have such a license?
> (ie. gdi32.dll, comctl32.dll, user32.dll)
>From the GPL:
The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for
making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code
means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any
associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control
compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a special
exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is
normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major
components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which
the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the
executable.
Note especially the last sentence.
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John Hasler
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