On 9/13/2013 1:28 AM, Adrien Nader wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013, John E. / TDM wrote: >> This is absolutely the case. The pthreads-win32 library is LGPL, forcing >> the distribution of its source code along with all binary distributions >> -- and since all binaries compiled by a pthreads-enabled GCC depend on >> the pthreads library, everyone would have to distribute the pthreads >> source along with every program. Cheers to Kai et al. for creating an >> alternative. > You need to provide an offer to the get the sources. A link to the > website (or to your website to provide a mirror but sourceware doesn't > look like it will disappear soon) is enough.
No, it isn't; please read the official GPL/LGPL FAQ to understand why, particularly <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AnonFTPAndSendSources>. And even if it were enough, it's still more of a burden than a casual user wants or is likely to comply with. -John E. / TDM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. Consolidate legacy IT systems to a single system of record for IT 2. Standardize and globalize service processes across IT 3. Implement zero-touch automation to replace manual, redundant tasks http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=51271111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
