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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 18:28:40 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: DMcCunney AT roper DOT com
CC: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
In-reply-to: <65CAA822B707D211AD430008C7F40FED748456@EXCHANGERSW2>
(DMcCunney AT roper DOT com)
Subject: Re: cygwin vs. MKS Toolkit
References: <65CAA822B707D211AD430008C7F40FED748456 AT EXCHANGERSW2>

> I doubt it, as the GNU liscense would likely forbid it,

If the GPL forbid MKS from doing it, it would forbid Cygnus from doing
it too, and we do it all the time.  You just have to follow certain
requirements when you use GPL'd code, but you aren't prevented from
doing stuff with it.

Remember that the FSF owns the copyright on most of the core GNU
programs.  All other vendors shipping GNU tools, from Redhat to Cygnus
to (gasp if it happened) Microsoft would be equivalent as far as what
they are allowed/required/forbidden to do.

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