Date:	Mon, 8 Mar 1999 18:00:13 -0500
Message-Id:	<199903082300.SAA18123@delorie.com>
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From:	"Henry J. Cobb" <hcobb AT telegenisys DOT com>
To:	dj AT delorie DOT com
CC:	Ssiddiqi AT InspirePharm DOT Com, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
In-reply-to:	<199903082247.RAA11818@envy.delorie.com> (message from DJ Delorie
	on Mon, 8 Mar 1999 17:47:36 -0500)
Subject:	Re: Does GPL apply without Cygwin stub? [long and off-topic] (was Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey)
Reply-to:	hcobb AT telegenisys DOT com
References:	<008f01be69b6$f4fa6ed0$29acdfd0 AT InspirePharm DOT Com> <199903082247 DOT RAA11818 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com>

>However, this does NOT mean that the cygwin1.dll they include is a
>GPL'd product - you must treat it like any other proprietary software,
>and neither copy nor redistribute it, nor use it for anything other
>than running their applictions.

Ergo, if you buy such a product, you MUST NOT run any other software that
loads the cygwin1.dll, because either you would be making their product
load the GPL'd dll or your GPL software would be loading the license
restricted dll.

At least Big Blue thought at least this far and required you to rename and
trim out their C++ library DLLs for your products.


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