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From: pietervk AT minf DOT vub DOT ac DOT be (Pieter Vankeerberghen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: (LONG) DJGPP: Can I sell compiled programs?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 11:18:15 GMT
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On Sat, 18 Nov 1995 04:04:35 GMT, dj AT delorie DOT com (DJ Delorie) wrote:

>
>> Greetings everyone!  I have a licensing question about programs I create
>> using DJGPP.  I apologize for the length of this post, but it's
>> unfortunately brought about by the length of the GPL.  Put simply, can I
>> sell the executable form of programs I compile and link with DJGPP?
>
>Yes.  The only request I make is for you to include in your
>documentation information for the customer to get a copy of djgpp for
>themselves (i.e. free advertising).
>
>> As for #2, the GPL may affect my rights to my object code, if the source
>> code used material from the Library's header files (which is, in practice,
>> a practical necessity).  Then, said object code may contain portions of the
>> Library, and thus fall under the GPL.  The following section confuses me:
>
>Traditionally, the headers don't count unless you use the *libraries*
>that are GPL.  Versions of bison prior to 1.24 invoked the GPL on your
>code because it inserted a block of GPL sources into your sources.
>1.24 no longer has this restriction.
>
>In djgpp V2, the libc headers are not GPL at all.
>
>> Finally, #3 -- the executable.  It falls under section 6 of the GNU Library
>> GPL, correct?  As I understand this section, I can sell or otherwise
>
>Only if you use libgpp.a.  The GPL does not apply to djgpp's other
>libraries.
>
>> Does this mean that the upcoming game QUAKE, the successor to DOOM which I
>> understand is being written using DJGPP, will include relinkable object
>> files?
>
>If it does, that would be only at the whim of the developers.
>
>> Would/could all this legal rigamarole be avoided if DOS/DJGPP provided for
>> shared/dynamically linkable libraries?
>
>DJGPP's libraries are not governed by the LGPL, except for libgpp.a
>(the G++ class library).


Hi,

I just downloaded the sword package. The included copying.dj file
states that for commercial packages, 5 $ or 5% must be payed
for the go32.exe file, if included. 

Note that I do agree with the idea of this type of donation,
but isn't it a contradiction with earlier posts ?

And what about V2 ? Yes, I know it can be used for
commercial applications, but is there also going to be a type of %
donation in the future ?

Kind regards,


Pieter Vankeerberghen