Какое сообщение читать? Зацитируйте, если не сложно.
Вторая страница, 6й пост СНИЗУ и далее вниз...
Hello Ad,
thanks for posting my answer on a public channel, this was very
considerate of you (even though maybe slightly unprofessional,
considering the personal nature of email communication), and has
provoked a lot of good feedback confirming our position in that
respect.
You might want to follow up with information about how the VC++
toolkit's license, which you have hopefully familiarized yourself with,
and the Microsoft EULA makes it at best questionable to develop GPL'ed
software.
For instance, read the following page, which is the download page of the
VC++ Toolkit:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/Here you can read:
"Are there any restrictions on how I use the Visual C++ Toolkit?
In general, no. You may use the Toolkit to build C++ -based
applications, even commercial applications, and you may redistribute
those applications in accordance with the terms of the End User License
Agreement (EULA)."
This alone already is not compatible with the GPL (MS requires you to
release your software in accordance with the terms of the EULA).
If you read the EULA
http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/eula.aspxyou will see in section 3.2:
"An "Excluded License" is any license which requires as a condition of
use, modification and/or distribution of software subject to the
Excluded License, that such software or other software combined and/or
distributed with such software (x) be disclosed or distributed in
source code form;"
That it only applies if you use the redistributables does not matter, as
this limitation alone already makes the EULA incompatible with the GPL.
Cheers,
Volker
--
Volker Hilsheimer, Support Manager
Trolltech AS, Waldemar Thranes gate 98, NO-0175 Oslo, Norway