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   <chapter id="mfc">
     <title id="mfc.title">Dealing with the MFC</title>

     <sect1 id="mfc-introduction">
       <title id="mfc-introduction.title">Introduction</title>
       <para>
         To use the MFC in a Winelib application you will first have to
         recompile the MFC with Winelib. In theory it should be possible to
         write a wrapper for the Windows MFC as described in
         <xref linkend="bindlls" endterm="bindlls.title">. But in practice
         it does not seem to be a realistic approach for the MFC:
       </para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>
             the huge number of APIs makes writing the wrapper a big task in
             itself.
           </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>
             furthermore the MFC contain a huge number of APIs which are tricky
             to deal with when making a wrapper.
           </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>
             even once you have written the wrapper you will need to modify
             the MFC headers so that the compiler does not choke on them.
           </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>
             a big part of the MFC code is actually in your application in
             the form of macros. This means even more of the MFC headers have
             to actually work to in order for you to be able to compile an
             MFC based application.
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
       <para>
         This is why this guide includes a section dedicated to helping you
         compile the MFC with Winelib.
       </para>
     </sect1>

     <sect1 id="mfc-legal-issues">
       <title id="mfc-legal-issues.title">Legal issues</title>
       <para>
         (Extracted from the HOWTO-Winelib written by Wilbur Dale
         &lt;wilbur.dale@lumin.nl&gt;)
       </para>
       <para>
         The purpose of this section is to make you aware of potential legal
         problems. Be sure to read your licenses and to consult your lawyers.
         In any case you should not consider the remainder of this section to
         be authoritative since it has not been written by a lawyer.
       </para>
       <para>
         Well, let's try to have a look at the situation anyway.
       </para>
       <para>
         During the compilation of your program, you will be combining code
         from several sources: your code, Winelib code, Microsoft MFC code,
         and possibly code from other vendor sources. As a result, you must
         ensure that the licenses of all code sources are obeyed. What you are
         allowed and not allowed to do can vary depending on how you compile
         your program and if you will be distributing it. For example, if you
         are releasing your code under the GPL, you cannot link your code to
         MFC code because the GPL requires that you provide ALL sources to your
         users. The MFC license forbids you from distributing the MFC source so
         you cannot both distribute your program and comply with the GPL
         license. On the other hand, if your code is released under the LGPL,
         you cannot statically link your program to the MFC and distribute it,
         but you can dynamically link your LGPL code and the MFC library and
         distribute it.
       </para>
       <para>
         Wine/Winelib is distributed under an X11-like license. It places few
         restrictions on the use and distribution of Wine/Winelib code. I doubt
         the Wine license will cause you any problems. On the other hand, MFC
         is distributed under a very restrictive license and the restrictions
         vary from version to version and between service packs. There are
         basically three aspects you must be aware of when using the MFC.
       </para>
       <para>
         First you must legally get MFC source code on your computer. The MFC
         source code comes as a part of Visual Studio. The license for
         Visual Studio implies it is a single product that can not
         be broken up into its components. So the cleanest way to get MFC on
         your system is to buy Visual Studio and install it on a dual boot
         Linux box.
       </para>
       <para>
         Then you must check that you are allowed to recompile MFC on a
         non-Microsoft operating system! This varies with the version of MFC.
         The MFC license from Visual Studio 6.0 reads in part:
       </para>
       <blockquote>
         <para>
           1.1 General License Grant. Microsoft grants to you as an
           individual, a personal, nonexclusive license to make and use
           copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT for the sole purposes of designing,
           developing, and testing your software product(s) that are designed
           to operate in conjunction with any Microsoft operating system
           product. [Other unrelated stuff deleted.]
         </para>
       </blockquote>
       <para>
         So it appears you cannot even compile MFC for Winelib using this
         license. Fortunately the Visual Studio 6.0 service pack 3 license
         reads (the Visual Studio 5.0 license is similar):
       </para>
       <blockquote>
         <para>
           1.1 General License Grant. Microsoft grants to you as an
           individual, a personal, nonexclusive license to make and use
           copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT for the purpose of designing,
           developing, and testing your software product(s). [Other unrelated
           stuff deleted]
         </para>
       </blockquote>
       <para>
         So under this license it appears you can compile MFC for Winelib.
       </para>
       <para>
         Finally you must check whether you have the right to distribute an
         MFC library. Check the relevant section of the license on
         <quote>redistributables and your redistribution rights</quote>. The
         license seems to specify that you only have the right to distribute
         binaries of the MFC library if it has no debug information and if
         you distribute it with an application that provides significant
         added functionality to the MFC library.
         <!-- FIXME: quote relevant sections of EULA in above paragraph. -->
       </para>
     </sect1>

     <sect1 id="mfc-compiling">
       <title id="mfc-compiling.title">Compiling the MFC</title>
       <para>
         Things to disable,
         why we have to disable them (lack of Wine support),
         where things don't compile,
         why,
         how to solve it,
         what to put in the Makefile,
         maybe try to point to a place with a ready-made makefile...
       </para>
     </sect1>

     <sect1 id="mfc-using">
       <title id="mfc-using.title">Using the MFC</title>
       <para>
       </para>
       <para>
         Specific winemaker options,
         the configure options,
         the initialization problem...
       </para>
     </sect1>
   </chapter>

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	<chapter id="mfc">
	<title id="mfc.title">Dealing with the MFC</title>

	<sect1 id="mfc-introduction">
	<title id="mfc-introduction.title">Introduction</title>
	<para>
	To use the MFC in a Winelib application you will first have to
	recompile the MFC with Winelib. In theory it should be possible to
	write a wrapper for the Windows MFC as described in
	<xref linkend="bindlls" endterm="bindlls.title">. But in practice
	it does not seem to be a realistic approach for the MFC:
	</para>
	<itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	<para>
	the huge number of APIs makes writing the wrapper a big task in
	itself.
	</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	<para>
	furthermore the MFC contain a huge number of APIs which are tricky
	to deal with when making a wrapper.
	</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	<para>
	even once you have written the wrapper you will need to modify
	the MFC headers so that the compiler does not choke on them.
	</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	<para>
	a big part of the MFC code is actually in your application in
	the form of macros. This means even more of the MFC headers have
	to actually work to in order for you to be able to compile an
	MFC based application.
	</para>
	</listitem>
	</itemizedlist>
	<para>
	This is why this guide includes a section dedicated to helping you
	compile the MFC with Winelib.
	</para>
	</sect1>

	<sect1 id="mfc-legal-issues">
	<title id="mfc-legal-issues.title">Legal issues</title>
	<para>
	(Extracted from the HOWTO-Winelib written by Wilbur Dale
	<wilbur.dale@lumin.nl>)
	</para>
	<para>
	The purpose of this section is to make you aware of potential legal
	problems. Be sure to read your licenses and to consult your lawyers.
	In any case you should not consider the remainder of this section to
	be authoritative since it has not been written by a lawyer.
	</para>
	<para>
	Well, let's try to have a look at the situation anyway.
	</para>
	<para>
	During the compilation of your program, you will be combining code
	from several sources: your code, Winelib code, Microsoft MFC code,
	and possibly code from other vendor sources. As a result, you must
	ensure that the licenses of all code sources are obeyed. What you are
	allowed and not allowed to do can vary depending on how you compile
	your program and if you will be distributing it. For example, if you
	are releasing your code under the GPL, you cannot link your code to
	MFC code because the GPL requires that you provide ALL sources to your
	users. The MFC license forbids you from distributing the MFC source so
	you cannot both distribute your program and comply with the GPL
	license. On the other hand, if your code is released under the LGPL,
	you cannot statically link your program to the MFC and distribute it,
	but you can dynamically link your LGPL code and the MFC library and
	distribute it.
	</para>
	<para>
	Wine/Winelib is distributed under an X11-like license. It places few
	restrictions on the use and distribution of Wine/Winelib code. I doubt
	the Wine license will cause you any problems. On the other hand, MFC
	is distributed under a very restrictive license and the restrictions
	vary from version to version and between service packs. There are
	basically three aspects you must be aware of when using the MFC.
	</para>
	<para>
	First you must legally get MFC source code on your computer. The MFC
	source code comes as a part of Visual Studio. The license for
	Visual Studio implies it is a single product that can not
	be broken up into its components. So the cleanest way to get MFC on
	your system is to buy Visual Studio and install it on a dual boot
	Linux box.
	</para>
	<para>
	Then you must check that you are allowed to recompile MFC on a
	non-Microsoft operating system! This varies with the version of MFC.
	The MFC license from Visual Studio 6.0 reads in part:
	</para>
	<blockquote>
	<para>
	1.1 General License Grant. Microsoft grants to you as an
	individual, a personal, nonexclusive license to make and use
	copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT for the sole purposes of designing,
	developing, and testing your software product(s) that are designed
	to operate in conjunction with any Microsoft operating system
	product. [Other unrelated stuff deleted.]
	</para>
	</blockquote>
	<para>
	So it appears you cannot even compile MFC for Winelib using this
	license. Fortunately the Visual Studio 6.0 service pack 3 license
	reads (the Visual Studio 5.0 license is similar):
	</para>
	<blockquote>
	<para>
	1.1 General License Grant. Microsoft grants to you as an
	individual, a personal, nonexclusive license to make and use
	copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT for the purpose of designing,
	developing, and testing your software product(s). [Other unrelated
	stuff deleted]
	</para>
	</blockquote>
	<para>
	So under this license it appears you can compile MFC for Winelib.
	</para>
	<para>
	Finally you must check whether you have the right to distribute an
	MFC library. Check the relevant section of the license on
	<quote>redistributables and your redistribution rights</quote>. The
	license seems to specify that you only have the right to distribute
	binaries of the MFC library if it has no debug information and if
	you distribute it with an application that provides significant
	added functionality to the MFC library.
	<!-- FIXME: quote relevant sections of EULA in above paragraph. -->
	</para>
	</sect1>

	<sect1 id="mfc-compiling">
	<title id="mfc-compiling.title">Compiling the MFC</title>
	<para>
	Things to disable,
	why we have to disable them (lack of Wine support),
	where things don't compile,
	why,
	how to solve it,
	what to put in the Makefile,
	maybe try to point to a place with a ready-made makefile...
	</para>
	</sect1>

	<sect1 id="mfc-using">
	<title id="mfc-using.title">Using the MFC</title>
	<para>
	</para>
	<para>
	Specific winemaker options,
	the configure options,
	the initialization problem...
	</para>
	</sect1>
	</chapter>

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