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From: dennison@telepath.com
Subject: Re: Wanted: Ada STL. Reward: Ada's Future
Date: 1999/02/05
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In article <36BB4162.52FC6D9F@averstar.com>,
  Tucker Taft <stt@averstar.com> raised his virtual hand and wrote:
> dennison@telepath.com wrote:
>
> > ... Lets
> > take the very popular VisualC++ compiler as an example here. It comes with a
> > very lengthy license that is prominently displayed during installation. Now
> > let's have a virtual show of hands. How many people here have ever read the
> > entire license carefully to make sure that it provides them the legal right
> > to do what they want to do with the code it produces? I predict I won't see
a
> > lot of hands. Why not? Well, I'm no sociologist, but it appears folks
*trust*
> > Microsoft to not restrict the commercial use of the code developed with
their
> > tools.
>
> Well, it is always fun to take Microsoft as an example.  This
> one is particularly interesting.  If you build your product
> using Visual C++ and decide to leave debugging enabled in
> the released product, you will find that you *cannot* distribute
> your product, because it now has dependencies on DLLs that
> you do not have the right to distribute.   What a pain...
>

Ooooh. That *is* interesting!

I suppose it would be OK if the recipients have VC++ installed. What's an
extra $250? :-)

T.E.D.

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