Curl on Windows

[Brad Roberts]

On 2/26/2012 5:15 PM, Brad Anderson wrote:
> The newly accepted curl library sadly didn't get included in the 2.058 release as it wasn't added to the Windows makefile.
> 
> I created a pull request to resolve this [1] but it had to be reverted because it broke the auto tester.
> 
> The tester broke because of the missing curl.lib library.  I've suggested curl.lib be included with phobos but Brad says
> it can't due to licensing problems.  I couldn't find a discussion on the newsgroup about what problems there are.

Careful, that's not quite what I said:

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libcurl should not be included *in* phobos as that would have licensing implications. It should probably be included in
the release tarballs as both source and compiled libraries (also probably only on windows, non-windows can suggest how
to install via the standard package managers). A reasonable alternative is keeping it completely separate and just
listing it on the download page on the website.
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The problem is the attribution clause(s) of most licenses, including MIT.  While you might not consider it a problem to
give attribution, the core libraries of D must not require it.  Google for past discussions on the topic, it's well
trodden territory at this point.