[Freeciv-Dev] Re: GTK+ 2.0 client port

[Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Gaute B Strokkenes wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, akemnade@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >  > This is what MSDN says
> >  > 
> > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/sysinfo_4k55.asp):
> >  > Windows 95/98/Me: GetWindowsDirectoryW is supported by the
> >  > Microsoft Layer for Unicode. To use this, you must add certain
> >  > files to your application, as outlined in Microsoft Layer for
> >  > Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me Systems
> > But I guess the license of that Layer for Unicode is not GPL
> > compatible...
> > I have not found the source of it.
> 
> Very few things in Windows are GPL compatible per se.  The real
> question is: is the Layer for Unicode covered by OS-libraries clause
> in the GPL?

Well, gtk+ 1.3.x for win32 is using some IE 5.5 DLL too for e.g.

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa