[Python-Dev] MS VC 7 offer (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Mon, 12 May 2003 12:38:01 +1200 (NZST)

Specifically, mingw exploits a specific clause in the GPL which allows dependencies on "components of the OS". MSVCRT qualifies here, but MSVCR7 doesn't.

But surely any GPL issues with using mingw apply only to libraries that mingw itself depends on, and then only if one is redistributing a work derived from mingw -- not to anything created with mingw?

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