Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:46:23 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin compiled DLL under Visual C++ Message-ID: <20010219154623.B20340@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20010219144235.B19549@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: ; from flognat@flognat.myip.org on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:59:15PM +0100 On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:59:15PM +0100, Andrew Markebo wrote: >/ Christopher Faylor wrote: >| [...] >| Right. And, I have to point out that if you are linking with the Cygwin DLL, >| *all* of your source has now become GPLed. If you are providing a commercial >| release of your product you had better make sure that you also make the >| sources available or you will be in violation of Cygwin's licensing terms. > >There seems to be an alternative, mentioned in the FAQ: > >"In particular, if you intend to port a proprietary (non-GPL'd) >application using Cygwin, you will need the proprietary-use license >for the Cygwin library. This is available for purchase; please contact >sales@cygnus.com for more information. All other questions should be >sent to the project mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com. " Yep. I've mentioned this here recently. >Hmm BTW Anything under the cygwin dist going under LGPL, or how was >it.. is the LGPL already ancient, replaced with something else? There are no plans to changes Cygwin licensing. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple