[Mono-dev] License compiler for mono (the actual tool)

Gonzalo Paniagua Javier gonzalo.mono at gmail.com
Fri Oct 16 18:35:10 EDT 2009


On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 10:15 +0200, Carlo Kok wrote:
> On 10/16/2009 5:20 AM, Gonzalo Paniagua Javier wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 15:43 +0200, Carlo Kok wrote:
> >> attached to this mail is a (working) license compiler for mono (converts
> >> a licx file to a .licenses file that can be embedded as a resource).
> >> Works with the patch I sent earlier but also without (has a temporary
> >> workaround for that). It accepts the same cmdline arguments as the .NET
> >> lc.exe and makes it possible to compile these files as required for any
> >> project that uses commercial components that use license files (most do).
> >>
> >> The program.cs file contains the actual logic. It uses Options.cs from
> >> the mono/windows install (ndesk.options) for the command line parsing.
> >
> > This is now in mcs/tools/lc (trunk and mono-2-6).
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> 
> Very cool. This will end up as an executable for future binary builds?

Yes.

> 
> > -Gonzalo
> >
> > P.S.: btw, care to contribute a manual page for it?
> 
> I'm afraid I have no idea how to do that. I've never created a MAN file.

Use one from mono/man as a template and don't be afraid :-)

-Gonzalo




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