Nathan Callahan wrote:
>
> BTW M$, AFIK, does not use GPLed code in any of its operations. It uses
> BSD licensed code, which, by not having the contagious elements of the
> GPL, lets this sort of thing go on.
They DO use lots of GPL code... albeit to try to move *nix users to NT...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/interix/features.asp
while now trying to shut the door on GPL s/w...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdn-files/027/001/516/eula_mit.htm
Discussion at
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-06-20-018-20-NW-MS-SW
>
> I hope that this has cleared a couple of things up. But the short
> answer is AFIK you can distribute code made with GCC3.0 under any
^^^
> license that you feel like; although, if the libraries are under the
> LGPL as has been suggested (I can't find any reference to this, just an
> "exception") then there are a few minor restrictions that you must be
> aware of.
s/any/any (except some M$)/
> Regards,
> Nathan Callahan
Pierre
