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Re: 32 bit C, again...

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From: DJ Delorie
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 22:26
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In article <seksAMK00VIGE8vYFG@andrew.cmu.edu>, jr4e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeon Bahbac Rezvani) writes:
> I got a lot of responses about something like DSGJJS (or whatever).  The only
> problem is that you have to pay the author $5 or 5% is you sell your stuff
> commercially..  Anyone know of a 32 bit Compiler w/ Dos Extender that doesn't
> have that restriction and is cheap (or free)?

It's DJGPP.

If you read the docs carefully, you'll note that the royalty applies
ONLY IF YOU DON'T DISTRIBUTE GO32 WITHOUT SOURCES.  I strongly
recommend to anyone doing commercial distribution to use stub instead
of go32 and distribute go32 separately WITH sources, AND THEN THERE
ARE NO ROYALTIES.  The point is to discourage (but not prevent)
developers from screwing their customers.

Basically, if you're nice to your customers, I'll be nice to you.

DJ Delorie
dj@ctron.com
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