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Date:	Tue, 08 Aug 2000 11:20:32 -0600
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From:	John McClenning <johnm AT typotronics DOT com>
Subject:	Re: licensing terms
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At 12:04 PM 8/8/00 -0400, you wrote:

> > Does that mean there is no way to sell a product (executable,
> > without the source code) that's been built using gcc & cygwin ? In
> > fact, I cannot see clearly what "Cygwin library" means, does it just
> > mean "cygwin1.dll" or everything ?
>

[..SNIP..]

>As for what "Cygwin Library" is, it's talking about libcygwin.a, that
>part of cygwin that is actually linked into your .exe.  Although
>cygwin1.dll is also GPL'd.

If the application is built the -mno-cygwin option, is libcygwin.a left out 
of the .exe?
If so, could you then legally distribute your binary without source?

John


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