Re: GnuStep + SFU

[T.J. Yang]

> From: Alex Perez <address@hidden>
> To: "T.J. Yang" <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: GnuStep + SFU
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:39:11 -0700 (PDT)
>
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, T.J. Yang wrote:
>
> > Hi, there
> >
> > Is there a technical reason why gnustep built with mingw
> > instead of Microfot's Service For Unix ?
> It's illegal to redistribute SFU. That's a showstopper. Mingw creates
> native windows binaries, anyways.
>
> > Or is there a reason not to do so ? IMHO, SFU is supported
> > by M.S.  and it has better commercial technical  support.
>
> It's illegal and that will never change. I had this idea a year or so ago
> when the new version of SFU came out, but MS' draconian licensing is too
> restrictive to make SFU of any use.
>
> > I am thinking of give it a try if I am not doing it alone.
>
> It would probably work, but it's a legal problem, not a tecnhical problem



Oops, I wasn't away of the legal issue. Can you explain what exactly
we can't do with SFU ?


T.J. Yang


> Alex Perez

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