Hi! I am just now getting back into C++ programming, and Dev C++ was my natural choice, since I'v used it before. Since I don't quite know yet whether I want to sell what I make, I am concerned about the Dev C++ license. Does it allow me to sell or release a program without providing the source code if I so choose? My understanding of the license is that my programs won't have the GNU agreement unless I choose to do so, so I don't have to make my programs open source unless I choose to. Is this correct?

That's what I was thinking, but I don't want to end up developing something nice and then find out that it is tied to Dev C++'s license agreement. I would like to have the freedom to give it any kind of license I so choose.

Thanks for the post, btw. ^_^

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This is a quote taken from the Dev-C++ license, I hope this clears things up for you. [smile]

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This is a quote taken from the Dev-C++ license, I hope this clears things up for you.

That's refering to Dev-C++ itself. The GPL does not restrict what you use the program for, only redistribution of the program (Dev-C++) or the source of the program (of Dev-C++, again).

The compiler package used by Dev-C++ is GCC. It is licensed under the GPL, like Dev-C++.

The majority of the headers used by Dev-C++ are supplied by MinGW and are released as public domain. The libraries linked to by MinGW are Microsoft's and are generally supplied with Windows and have their own license. There are certain libraries supplied by Dev-C++ that are not quite as free, such as the profiling library (GPL). Do not redistribute the profiling library or something linked to it and you don't have to worry about its license (the GPL only deals with redistribution).

So, all-in-all: you can generally use Dev-C++ to develop for whatever purpose, license, commercial or not that you'd like.

Okay, thanks for the clarification. =)