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Re: libcurl on win infected by GPL?

From: Mumit Khan <khan_at_nanotech.wisc.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 12:19:36 -0600 (CST)

On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Dave Halbakken wrote:

> Thanks, I hope we hear from Mumit Khan.
>
> The contents of dllinit.c file are pretty trivial. The VC++ project
> wizard generates nearly the same code. I don't know much about mingwin
> or cygwin, but I think it would be very easy to replace the file for the
> vc6 version and get rid of the FSF license comment. I've never worked on
> an open source project before, so I don't know all the ins and outs of
> contributing source. I'd be happy to contribute a vc6 version of the
> file, though.
>
> The file name would likely need to change, so the vc6 makefile would
> need to change, too. What tool and command is used to generate patches
> that people submit to this list?
>

Sorry for the delay. The file in question is so trivial, and idiomatically
so common, that it's like copyrighting `int main() { return 0; }' in C!
Every document that has to do with DLLs in Windows platform has this
snippet in it, and I don't see any reason why libcurl folks can't just
write the 5 lines to avoid the copyright/licensing issue.

Regards,
Mumit

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Received on 2002-11-11