but I thought that it was said here that the win32 version does not work with
sjlj in a stable way - yet?
>________________________________
> From: Kai Tietz <ktiet...@googlemail.com>
>To: "mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net"
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>Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 1:14 AM
>Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Sigh! Back To Microsoft Compiler
>
>
>2014-02-20 1:16 GMT+01:00 Ciro Cornejo <ciro.corn...@wdc.com>:
>> Seriously? !!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Come on guys, this makes the compiler unusable.
>
>What?
>
>>
>>
>> ...but as long as you're making a toy compiler, would you consider making
>> one that does not support pthreads and so avoids this problem?
>>
>
>Why we should make a compiler which doesn't support pthreads? pthreads
>is a user-library and it is up to you to use it or not.
>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi! Sorry for the interruption, but you may want to take at least a few
>> seconds
>>
>> to look into some recent license changes for the software you're about to
>>
>> install.
>
>What license-changes? Yes, winpthread uses a more liberal license for
>developers as other win32 based pthread libraries do. So yes, it is a
>BSD license, and therefore you might need to mention that you are
>using is it. This is just fair.
>
>>
>>
>> Parts of the "winpthreads" library will be compiled into every binary file
>> (EXE
>
>That isn't true. First this applies only to gcc-version built with
>posix-threading model. For it, either it is linked in as shared
>library, or if you request it as static library.
>If you don't want to rely on posix-threading-model, then simply don't
>use it and choose a toolchain buiild with win32-threading mode (by the
>way the default configuration).
>
>I would advice you to look in more detail to license issues. MS
>compiler has them, and gcc & mingw(-w64) do so too. You will be
>wondering what other licenses you are using for just building a simple
>hello-world-application with mingw(-w64). For getting an idea you
>might to take a look to the COPYING.MinGW-w64-runtime license.
>
>You seem to mix here the term "free software" with "free for nothing
>software", and "copy other people's work without acknowledge it".
>
>> or DLL) you create. It's a necessary evil that is currently required in
>> order to
>>
>> provide support for threads and concurrency in programs compiled by GCC.
>>
>>
>>
>> The license for winpthreads requires you to reproduce its text in every copy
>> or
>>
>> substantial portion of the winpthreads library that you distribute. This
>> means
>>
>> that even if you just want to distribute a single small executable, created
>> with
>>
>> TDM-GCC (or any winpthreads-based GCC release), you must include a copy of
>> that
>>
>> license.
>>
>
>INAL, but in general you might be right. If you want to be fair, you
>should need to mention other derived work you are using in your
>application too. We see this pretty liberal, nevertheless people like
>you are showing to us that we might should reconsider about that.
>
>>
>> Check the license out in the file "COPYING.winpthreads.txt", which will be
>
>Where you see COPYING.winpthreads.txt file? It isn't part of
>winpthread. We have there a file named "COPYING". I assume you are
>referring to that.
>
>Regards,
>Kai
>
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