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From: | Grant Edwards <grante AT visi DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: Pointers on Making a Cygwin CD (including source)? |
Date: | Thu, 8 Jan 2009 03:34:02 +0000 (UTC) |
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On 2009-01-08, Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com> wrote: > 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. It isn't linked with Cygwin. >>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 The only cygwin-based binaries I'm distributing are the Cygwin binary packages and tools such as gcc and binutils for which source will be provided. > 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. Right, but "my application" isn't linked with Cygwin. -- Grant -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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