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Re: Successful compilation with MinGW
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Andy Adler |
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Re: Successful compilation with MinGW |
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Mon, 9 Jan 2006 21:01:28 -0500 (EST) |
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, James R. Phillips wrote:
> --- Shai Ayal wrote:
>
> > This is surprising!
> >
> > So, Andy, would it be safe to say that providing an octave installer
> > for windows is only a "time" problem -- i.e. someone would have to
> > invest the time but there are no "technological" problems? would the
> > following procedure work?
> >
> > 1. get current octave & octave-forge precompiled cygwin packages and
> > dependencies
> > 2. get current cygwin1.dll and binary edit it to replace "Cygnus
> > Solutions" as the registry key.
>
> OK, step 2 here is problematic. First, if you distribute cygwin1.dll, you
> must
> also distribute the source (gpl requirement). If the binary does not
> correspond to the source, then you haven't met the requirement. A binary diff
> is probably not acceptable either. I think it would be necessary to patch the
> source, and build the binary from that.
I would argue that this is unnecessarily pedantic.
The issue at stake is probably the quote from section 3.
"The source code for a work means the preferred form of
the work for making modifications to it."
However, in this case we have the source; and we have the
instructions for the binary patch. This is the preferred form,
in the sense that it is the one I chose to do because it was
the easiest.
If I distribute software and provide to the recipient exactly
the pieces and recipe that I used to build - and modify -
the binary, then I'm believe that I have complied with the GPL.
To argue the opposite puts one is a paradoxical situation.
The GPL is actually decreasing freedom by preventing
certain useful coding practices.
--
Andy Adler <address@hidden> 1(613)562-5800x6218
- Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, (continued)
- Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, Bill Denney, 2006/01/08
- Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, John Swensen, 2006/01/08
- Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, Bill Denney, 2006/01/08
- Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, Shai Ayal, 2006/01/09
- Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, Andy Adler, 2006/01/09
- Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, Shai Ayal, 2006/01/09
- Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, Andy Adler, 2006/01/09
- Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, John W. Eaton, 2006/01/09
- Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, John W. Eaton, 2006/01/09
- Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, James R. Phillips, 2006/01/09
- Re: Successful compilation with MinGW,
Andy Adler <=
- Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, Paul Kienzle, 2006/01/10
Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, David Bateman, 2006/01/08
Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, David Bateman, 2006/01/09
Re: Successful compilation with MinGW, David Bateman, 2006/01/10