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

[Gaute B Strokkenes <gs234@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 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.

Uniscribe?

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