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From: | Ole Jacob Hagen |
Subject: | Performance issues on Windows, suggests a MSVC build |
Date: | Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:47:40 +0200 |
The GPL permits this because that run-time library normally accompanies the compiler or interpreter you are using. The run-time libraries here are “System Libraries” as GPLv3 defines them, and as such they are not considered part of the Corresponding Source. GPLv2 has a similar exception in section 3.
That doesn't mean it is a good idea to write the program so that it only runs on Windows. Doing so results in a program that is free software but “trapped” by Windows.
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