[FriBidi] Compilation for Windows environment

Christophe GISQUET christophe.gisquet at free.fr
Tue Apr 8 13:06:27 PDT 2008


Hi,

Dov Grobgeld a écrit :
> I'm glad you got the compilation to work for you. Regarding the static 
> build, you should beware of the requirements of the LGPL license. If you 
> compile static you will have to provide all of your sources that link to 
> fribidi, to anyone that you provide your final exe to. If you use the 
> shared library, then you can create closed source programs. You should 
> check the license text for the exact details. Whether this is relevant 
> all depends on whether you are creating free or closed source software.

Fortunately, my program is under the GPL (and even more, as the data is 
also licensed under the GPL):
http://www.wormux.org

And I'm contributing this because it would have been a pity to waste 
this work (at least upstream).

Best regards,
Christophe GISQUET


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