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Re: Static linking under win32
- From: Keresztfalvi Laszlo <kereszt at crossys dot com>
- To: pthreads-win32 at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:46:19 +0100
- Subject: Re: Static linking under win32
- References: <200412060635.iB66ZiF01425@callisto.canberra.edu.au> <41B40FB0.4070503@callisto.canberra.edu.au>
For the apropo PW32 have just introduced the DLL and API versioning..
> If you statically link pthreads-win32 with your application, you will
> need to provide access to object files such that your users can relink
> the application with, for example, an updated pthread-win32. That is,
> you might provide yourapp.obj such that a user could build pthreadVC.obj
> from source and relink to create yourapp.exe. Both the GPL and the LGPL
If I develop a commercial application then stability rules and I would use a
choosen version of pthread (or any other external) library which I link
against, usually lagging some versions (to be real-life tested). So, even if
I provide the object files I cannot accept any claims if you link it with
eg. a newer version of the library either statically or dynamically.
Moreover, I usually use more than one external library with some licenses so
then I must provide those too to really enable you to relink..
I think this would be not a real case if the application is not something
simple and you provide good support which is generally your business..
Otherwise ask lawers who play that game ;)
Regards,
Laszlo