>>>>> "Bernd" == Bernd Paysan <[email protected]> writes:
> Am Sonntag, 6. November 2011, 23:30:21 schrieb Bahman Movaqar: >> I'm going to write an application using Forth. The source of this >> application must *not* be readable by others. AFAIU if I create an >> image of the source, once still can 'SEE' the words after loading the >> image. Is that right? If yes, are there any ways to make an >> executable binary file (like a compiled and linked C program) out of >> a collection of Forth source files? >> >> BTW, I'm using Gforth. TIA, > Gforth is under GPL. If you plan to do that, you first of all need a > GPL exception, you cannot do that with the license under which you > have obtained Gforth - this is different from C, where the binary does > not contain the C compiler. I think you can negotiate that with Anton > and me, when you have good reasons - making money is a good reason, > but then you need to share some of that money with us. ... or with the Free Software Foundation? Most of the Gforth copyright is assigned to the FSF, have a lot of fun negating with them :) You might get around the licensing restriction, using Gforth's cross compiler. Have a look at chapter 13.1 Image Licensing Issues in the Gforth manual. cheers, David -- GnuPG public key: http://dvdkhlng.users.sourceforge.net/dk.gpg Fingerprint: B17A DC95 D293 657B 4205 D016 7DEF 5323 C174 7D40
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