From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I536S-0003Fa-D1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:20:52 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I536Q-0003FO-TN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:20:51 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I536Q-0003FL-Nv for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:20:50 -0400 Received: from cpe-24-31-250-242.kc.res.rr.com ([24.31.250.242] helo=hachi.dashjr.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I536Q-0002zC-DD for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:20:50 -0400 Received: from [2002:1891:f663:0:20e:a6ff:fec4:4e5d] (unknown [IPv6:2002:1891:f663:0:20e:a6ff:fec4:4e5d]) by hachi.dashjr.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35E7C960051 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2007 17:20:46 +0000 (UTC) From: Luke-Jr Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Porting QEMU to PalmOS Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:20:44 -0500 References: <748971.45217.qm@web54607.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200707011220.45306.luke@dashjr.org> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Sunday 01 July 2007 07:29, andrzej zaborowski wrote: > On 5/24/07, sinisa marovic wrote: > > I'm afraid I will have to dissapoint you: it will be only isapc with no > > networking or other fancy devices. Main goal is the ability to run dos > > games. I do not know how familiar are you with PalmOS developer support. > > It is poor, gcc lack many important functions that have to be written > > from scratch. When I ported dosbox (which is written in c++) > > (Happily violating the GPL) > > Will the qemu port also be binary only? What did he say that violates the GPL? Just because he is only porting the isapc stuff? I don't know any part of the GPL saying "when you port this, you must port all the features"... Or would such a port be inherently a violation due to system libraries being incompatible with the [L]GPL?