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Updated MFC legal issues section according to the new license, some 

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Andriy Palamarchuk 2002-07-24 19:01:11 +00:00 committed by Alexandre Julliard
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from several sources: your code, Winelib code, Microsoft MFC code,
and possibly code from other vendor sources. As a result, you must
ensure that the licenses of all code sources are obeyed. What you are
allowed and not allowed to do can vary depending on how you compile
your program and if you will be distributing it. For example, if you
are releasing your code under the GPL, you cannot link your code to
MFC code because the GPL requires that you provide ALL sources to your
users. The MFC license forbids you from distributing the MFC source so
you cannot both distribute your program and comply with the GPL
license. On the other hand, if your code is released under the LGPL,
you cannot statically link your program to the MFC and distribute it,
but you can dynamically link your LGPL code and the MFC library and
distribute it.
allowed and not allowed to do can vary depending on how you combine
the code and if you will be distributing it. For example, if you
are releasing your code under the GPL or LGPL, you cannot use MFC
because these licenses do not allow covered code to depend on
libraries with non-compatible licenses.
There is a workaround - in the license for your
code you can make an exception for the MFC library.
For details see
<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html">The GNU GPL FAQ</ulink>.
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<para>
Wine/Winelib is distributed under an X11-like license. It places few
restrictions on the use and distribution of Wine/Winelib code. I doubt
the Wine license will cause you any problems. On the other hand, MFC
Wine/Winelib is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public
License. See the license for restrictions on the modification and
distribution of Wine/Winelib code. In general it is possible to
satisfy these restrictions in any type of application.
On the other hand, MFC
is distributed under a very restrictive license and the restrictions
vary from version to version and between service packs. There are
basically three aspects you must be aware of when using the MFC.