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Re: MJR on Linux/OSS


From: "Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr () ranum com>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:00:23 -0500

Devdas Bhagat wrote:
Vendors have three options: 
1> Specify libraries with the necessary build flags.
2> Release a statically linked binary.
3> Put the source out and let the interested people from the community
figure out the packaging issues.

Don't forget 4:
4) Code it for Windows only

...which is the one almost everyone takes because it's a lot easier
than:
1) specifying libraries with the necessary build flags
2) releasing statically linked binaries
3) putting the source out and having your intellectual property stolen

mjr. 

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