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On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 12:23:16AM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
>On 2009-01-07, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
>> And, as you noted, you need to distribute the source of your
>> application
>
>I don't see what my application has to do with anything.  Just
>because I compile an application with gcc, that doesn't place
>the application under the GPL.

If the application is linked with Cygwin it is GPLed.

>> along with that for the Cygwin DLL and the tools you're
>> distributing to comply with the GPL, but I expect you already
>> know this.
>
>I'm aware that we'll need to distribute sources for Cygwin and
>the other GPL'ed tools we're distributing.

If you distribute a cygwin-based binary then you need to make the source
code of the binary available as per the terms of the GPL since the
Cygwin DLL is licensed under the GPL.

cgf

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