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Windows to Linux Porting Tools
Author: Pedro Ivo Andrade Tavares Posted: 3/8/1999; 4:28:42 PM Topic: Windows to Linux Porting Tools Msg #: 3815 Prev/Next: 3814 / 3816
Hey, anybody still interested in seeing ways to bring all that Windows code to Linux?There are currently two open source ways:
Willows TWIN (http://www.willows.com) is a library which used to be commercial, but has since been LGPL'd (meaning: put under the GNU Library GPL license. Which DO allows commercial programs linking to it and not distributing the source)
Then there's the old stalwart WINE (http://www.winehq.org), which uses a library (winelib) and a binary loader to run Windows programs under Linux. winelib can be used to compile a native Linux program from the Windows C/C++ source. It is under a BSD-like license, which is a bit more lenient than (L)GPL.
An interesting new idea is the Codeweavers' TWINE project (http://www.codeweavers.com/twine/) which means to blend both projects, taking each one's strengths. TWINE is LGPL'd.
TWINE has some interesting tools, like scripts to build Linux-native MFC libraries, and overall helping to port projects.
So, anybody interested in assessing the possibility?
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