From:	jeff AT ls1 DOT pfnet DOT com ("D. Jeff Dionne")
Subject:	Re: cygwin.dll GPL distrib issues
27 Jun 1997 17:29:52 -0700 :
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Original-To:	broche AT bensonlaw DOT com (Bryon Roche)
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In-Reply-To:	<33B419F1.3038CA12@bensonlaw.com> from "Bryon Roche" at Jun 27, 97 02:52:17 pm
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> 
> What are the ramifications of changing the cygwin.dll licence from the
> GPL to the LGPL? Wouldn't this solve the commercial gnu-win32 program
> distribution problem??

Exactly :-(  You can buy a copy from cygnus if you want... They _really_
missed the point on this one.  And I don't think that's just IMHO!

Jeff.

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