Re: Gmake UTF-8 Support?

[Stefan Monnier]

> There is no issue.
> The legal aspects of linking GPL software with MSVCRT.DLL have been
> examined long ago, and the examination concluded that doing so is
> perfectly kosher.

I think you're talking at cross-purposes: you're talking about whether
it's legally safe to link to this library, whereas Kaz is talking about
whether MS makes any promise about the contents of this library
(i.e. whether it's technically safe to link to it).

IIUC it's definitely legal to link to it, and while MS would like to
have a free hand in what it puts into this library, in practice the
marketplace pressure to ensure backward compatibility appears to be
sufficient to make its use technically safe so far.


        Stefan