From: Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...>
Date: 2004-04-20T10:56:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Free VC++ Compiler

Hello Jim,

Tuesday, April 20, 2004, 2:01:49 AM, you wrote:

JM> I noticed an article on /. reporting that Microsoft is now giving away
JM> their C++ compiler:

JM>    http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/

JM> Maybe a boon to simplifying Ruby builds?  At least making it available
JM> to people who don't have a copy of VC++.

No. The license forbids to use it to build and distribute GPL
applications. A really interesting way Microsoft has choosen to fight
Linux and GPL.

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