Update the note about MSVC7 to reflect RMS's opinion.

diff --git a/README.woe32 b/README.woe32
index 1d33722beed3f3b8c859d6900ed0597d1240341b..ed08374af97827137c850a8c0077c8dc98fc526d 100644 (file)
--- a/README.woe32
+++ b/README.woe32
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ Installation on Woe32 (WinNT/2000/XP, Win95/98/ME):
 
 - Requires MS Visual C/C++ 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0 or 7.0.
 
-  Note that binaries created with MSVC 7.0 cannot be distributed: They depend
-  on a closed-source library 'msvcr70.dll' which is not normally part of a
-  Woe32 installation, therefore the distribution of such binaries - with or
-  without msvcr70.dll - would be a violation of the GPL. This problem does not
-  occur with MSVC 6.0 and earlier.
+  Note that binaries created with MSVC 7.0 should not be distributed: They
+  depend on a closed-source library 'msvcr70.dll' which is not normally part
+  of a Woe32 installation. You cannot distribute 'msvcr70.dll' with the
+  binaries - this would be a violation of the GPL and of the Microsoft EULA.
+  You can distribute the binaries without including 'msvcr70.dll', but this
+  will cause problems for users that don't have this library on their system.
+  Therefore it is not recommended. This problem does not occur with MSVC 6.0
+  and earlier.
 
 - Cannot build in a separate directory.
 

diff --git a/gettext-runtime/README.woe32 b/gettext-runtime/README.woe32
index fd649b77a422a7cb90dbffb8ab1d61598931c563..d037694842a37a37bfaecf751b255312bd081977 100644 (file)
--- a/gettext-runtime/README.woe32
+++ b/gettext-runtime/README.woe32
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ Installation on Woe32 (WinNT/2000/XP, Win95/98/ME):
 
 - Requires MS Visual C/C++ 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0 or 7.0.
 
-  Note that binaries created with MSVC 7.0 cannot be distributed: They depend
-  on a closed-source library 'msvcr70.dll' which is not normally part of a
-  Woe32 installation, therefore the distribution of such binaries - with or
-  without msvcr70.dll - would be a violation of the GPL. This problem does not
-  occur with MSVC 6.0 and earlier.
+  Note that binaries created with MSVC 7.0 should not be distributed: They
+  depend on a closed-source library 'msvcr70.dll' which is not normally part
+  of a Woe32 installation. You cannot distribute 'msvcr70.dll' with the
+  binaries - this would be a violation of the GPL and of the Microsoft EULA.
+  You can distribute the binaries without including 'msvcr70.dll', but this
+  will cause problems for users that don't have this library on their system.
+  Therefore it is not recommended. This problem does not occur with MSVC 6.0
+  and earlier.
 
 - Cannot build in a separate directory.
 

diff --git a/gettext-runtime/intl/README.woe32 b/gettext-runtime/intl/README.woe32
index dbf3c62ae774d6fb3d3e73c6554da3e1f43a1e61..40e6158840aea9af8463ea88d6989bc7a7de2b03 100644 (file)
--- a/gettext-runtime/intl/README.woe32
+++ b/gettext-runtime/intl/README.woe32
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ Installation on Woe32 (WinNT/2000/XP, Win95/98/ME):
 
 - Requires MS Visual C/C++ 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0 or 7.0.
 
-  Note that binaries created with MSVC 7.0 cannot be distributed: They depend
-  on a closed-source library 'msvcr70.dll' which is not normally part of a
-  Woe32 installation, therefore the distribution of such binaries - with or
-  without msvcr70.dll - would be a violation of the GPL. This problem does not
-  occur with MSVC 6.0 and earlier.
+  Note that binaries created with MSVC 7.0 should not be distributed: They
+  depend on a closed-source library 'msvcr70.dll' which is not normally part
+  of a Woe32 installation. You cannot distribute 'msvcr70.dll' with the
+  binaries - this would be a violation of the GPL and of the Microsoft EULA.
+  You can distribute the binaries without including 'msvcr70.dll', but this
+  will cause problems for users that don't have this library on their system.
+  Therefore it is not recommended. This problem does not occur with MSVC 6.0
+  and earlier.
 
 - Cannot build in a separate directory.
 

diff --git a/gettext-runtime/libasprintf/README.woe32 b/gettext-runtime/libasprintf/README.woe32
index c83a59cbf949041d78ce595779b14a549ecddb74..774cf4a03b6fd7b030a20926ef767ec49fff6894 100644 (file)
--- a/gettext-runtime/libasprintf/README.woe32
+++ b/gettext-runtime/libasprintf/README.woe32
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ Installation on Woe32 (WinNT/2000/XP, Win95/98/ME):
 
 - Requires MS Visual C/C++ 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0 or 7.0.
 
-  Note that binaries created with MSVC 7.0 cannot be distributed: They depend
-  on a closed-source library 'msvcr70.dll' which is not normally part of a
-  Woe32 installation, therefore the distribution of such binaries - with or
-  without msvcr70.dll - would be a violation of the GPL. This problem does not
-  occur with MSVC 6.0 and earlier.
+  Note that binaries created with MSVC 7.0 should not be distributed: They
+  depend on a closed-source library 'msvcr70.dll' which is not normally part
+  of a Woe32 installation. You cannot distribute 'msvcr70.dll' with the
+  binaries - this would be a violation of the GPL and of the Microsoft EULA.
+  You can distribute the binaries without including 'msvcr70.dll', but this
+  will cause problems for users that don't have this library on their system.
+  Therefore it is not recommended. This problem does not occur with MSVC 6.0
+  and earlier.
 
 - Cannot build in a separate directory.
 

diff --git a/gettext-tools/README.woe32 b/gettext-tools/README.woe32
index fd649b77a422a7cb90dbffb8ab1d61598931c563..d037694842a37a37bfaecf751b255312bd081977 100644 (file)
--- a/gettext-tools/README.woe32
+++ b/gettext-tools/README.woe32
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ Installation on Woe32 (WinNT/2000/XP, Win95/98/ME):
 
 - Requires MS Visual C/C++ 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0 or 7.0.
 
-  Note that binaries created with MSVC 7.0 cannot be distributed: They depend
-  on a closed-source library 'msvcr70.dll' which is not normally part of a
-  Woe32 installation, therefore the distribution of such binaries - with or
-  without msvcr70.dll - would be a violation of the GPL. This problem does not
-  occur with MSVC 6.0 and earlier.
+  Note that binaries created with MSVC 7.0 should not be distributed: They
+  depend on a closed-source library 'msvcr70.dll' which is not normally part
+  of a Woe32 installation. You cannot distribute 'msvcr70.dll' with the
+  binaries - this would be a violation of the GPL and of the Microsoft EULA.
+  You can distribute the binaries without including 'msvcr70.dll', but this
+  will cause problems for users that don't have this library on their system.
+  Therefore it is not recommended. This problem does not occur with MSVC 6.0
+  and earlier.
 
 - Cannot build in a separate directory.