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From: jqb AT netcom DOT com (Jim Balter)
Subject: Re: Cygnus Cygwin32 Press Release 1/21/97
14 Feb 1997 07:32:59 -0800 :
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Marcus Daniels wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "JB" == Jim Balter <jqb AT netcom DOT com> writes:
> 
> JB> The problem though is that cygwin.dll is made up of code with all
> JB> sorts of different copyrights, including code under the GPL (not
> JB> LGPL) that does not belong to Cygnus.
> 
> The product is winsup/newlib.  Of what files are you thinking that are
> under the GPL (not the LPGL) and not developed by Cygnus?  All I see
> is a few kb worth in newlib/doc, it could easily be removed from a
> commercial version.  The DLL isn't a derivative of this code.

I was mistaken.  Sorry.

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