Re: 64-bit version of Lilypond?

[Hans Åberg]

> On 24 Feb 2019, at 19:28, Karlin High <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 7:26 AM Hans Åberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On 24 Feb 2019, at 01:16, Carl Sorensen <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > Still needs to download the SDK from Apple:
> > 
> > https://github.com/tpoechtrager/osxcross#packaging-the-sdk 
> 
> They are listed at
>   https://developer.apple.com/download/more/
> One needs to have an account and log in. Mentioned at the bottom at
>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcode
> 
> I am thinking about what it means if lilypond.org can no longer provide the 
> Apple SDK, etc for automatic download by GUB.
> 
> It seems like anyone that wants to do GUB builds for macOS would need to get 
> an Apple account and download the software themselves. Less convenient, but 
> how much harder then setting up LilyDev? To me it doesn't seem like a 
> show-stopper.

One has always had to have an account for the actual download.

Is it for the app you need the SDK, or it is something else?

> Are there any other considerations here related to software usage rights? GPL 
> v2 versus v3 was mentioned earlier; can anyone provide an overview of what 
> that change means for a LilyPond 64 bit macOS effort?

Nothing, I would think.