On 11. 3. 2016 3:31, Adrian Pop wrote: > On 2016-03-08 22:50, David Macek wrote: >> On 13. 7. 2015 17:08, Ray Donnelly wrote: >>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Adrian Pop <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I have some questions about msys2 which maybe some of you can answer: >>>> >>>> 1. how can I bundle msys2 with another software? >>> >>> Bundle it, make an installer if you like, we use our own package of Qt >>> Installer Framework. I've provided a link to this later as it ties in >>> with your subsequent questions. >> >> ... as long as you don't violate license terms of any of the distributed >> software. The MSYS2 runtime is licensed the same as Cygwin >> <https://cygwin.com/licensing.html>. GPL-licensed software also mandates you >> have to provide source code alongside the binaries (or choose some other >> approved way to distribute the source code). > > Our software is open source but as far as I understand > the restriction only applies for programs that are linked > with msys2 dlls and not to any other mingw32/mingw64 libs.
The restriction from the linked Cygwin page applies only when you use the msys* DLL, yes. mingw*-compiled software have licenses too though and these have to be followed as well. One of the "nastier" ones is GPL with the source-code availability/distribution requirement. -- David Macek
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