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From:	"David Christensen" <dpchrist AT holgerdanske DOT com>
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Subject:	RE: Distributing a program
Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:09:14 -0700
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Ross Crawford wrote:
> 
> I'm pretty new to Cygwin, and I've created a program (using gcc) that I want
> to distribute to people who may not have Cygwin installed. What files do I
> need to provide so they can run the program?

Brian Dessent wrote:
> That's a complicated question. ...

I prefer writing utilities and applications in Perl:

1.  The tools are free, both as in beer and as in freedom.

2.  They run anywhere a Perl interpreter is available (including
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/ for Windows).

3.  The Perl license is much less imposing than the GPL, especially Cygwin's
application of the GPL.


David


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