[Python-Dev] MS VC 7 offer

[Greg Ewing]

> Specifically, mingw exploits a specific clause in the GPL which allows
> dependencies on "components of the OS". MSVCRT qualifies here, but
> MSVCR7 doesn't.

But surely any GPL issues with using mingw apply only
to libraries that mingw *itself* depends on, and then
only if one is redistributing a work derived from
mingw -- not to anything *created* with mingw?

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