On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Guy Harris wrote: > On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 12:06:00PM -0700, Richard Sharpe wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > > > > > On 26/09/03 19:12 -0400, Claussen, Ken wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > found a way to keep Open Source software from working on the Windows > > > > Operating system? And the cracks on Windows security have little to do > > > MS VC++ EULA prohibits the developer from compiling GPLed applications > > > with that compiler. > > > > Hmmm, does anyone know if this is true? I know that the IFS Kit prohibits > > you from using the code samples with GPL'd projects ... but the MS VC++ > > compiler? > > I don't think I've seen anything in the MSVC++ 6.0 EULA that says that. > (MSVC++ 6.0 came out before Microsoft went completely fanatically > anti-GPL, as far as I know.) > > Perhaps the VC++ 7 (VC++ .NET?) version does.
I have that at work. Perhaps I will install it on Monday to see if it has any such EULA. Regards ----- Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org, sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com
