One problem seems to be Tcl/Tk using the ActiveState license. Currently, users need to download and install this individually as it cannot be bundled and distributed by us.
Did anyone have any luck trying to compile against GPL'd Tcl/Tk? For me, compilation works fine, but running GRASS from the MSYS shell just gives me blank Tk windows without any GUI widgets. Benjamin Moritz Lennert wrote: > Markus, > > Now that we seem to go to a more or less official release of a native > windows port, I wanted to raise a question concerning our distributing > external library binaries with the grass binaries. > > As they are all (?) GPL, it should not be any problem to distribute > them, but I guess we need to include some more information about > copyright/left, or ? Should I add a copyright file to the distribution > which lists the information ? What would need to be in it ? > > Currently, there is README.extralibs which for each library contains the > link to its homepage and an explanation of how it was compiled. Maybe > that is enough ? > > Moritz > > On 25/10/07 20:00, Moritz Lennert wrote: >> Hello, >> >> A windows binary of the current 6.3 Release Candidate 1 is now available >> at the wingrass download site: >> >> http://geog-pc40.ulb.ac.be/grass/wingrass/ >> >> File: grass63RC1.zip >> >> As always, testers very welcome. Make sure to read the README for >> installation, known issues and other information. >> >> Moritz >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grassuser mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser > > _______________________________________________ > grass-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev > > -- Benjamin Ducke, M.A. Archäoinformatik (Archaeoinformation Science) Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte (Inst. of Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology) Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Johanna-Mestorf-Straße 2-6 D 24098 Kiel Germany Tel.: ++49 (0)431 880-3378 / -3379 Fax : ++49 (0)431 880-7300 www.uni-kiel.de/ufg _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
