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: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 19:26:08 +0100 Message-ID: <8281-Fri21Sep2001192608+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk> X-Mailer: 21.5 (beta2) "artichoke" XEmacs Lucid (via feedmail 9-beta-7 I); VM 6.92 under 21.5 (beta2) "artichoke" XEmacs Lucid From: David Starks-Browning MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to distribute programs compiled on cygwin? FAQ alert In-Reply-To: <20010903210225.B3824@redhat.com> References: <20010903210225.B3824@redhat.com> On Monday 3 Sep 01, Christopher Faylor writes: > There is no way to remove the cygwin DLL from programs that use cygwin. Sorry. > > I couldn't find this info in the FAQ, but it probably should be there. Chris, I added the following entry to the "Programming Questions" section of the FAQ: "Can I build a Cygwin program that does not require cygwin1.dll at runtime?" No. If your program uses the Cygwin API, then your executable cannot run without cygwin1.dll. In particular, it is not possible to statically link with a Cygwin library to obtain an independent, self-contained executable. If this is an issue because you intend to distribute your Cygwin application, then you had better read and understand , which explains the licensing options. Unless you purchase a special commercial license from Red Hat, then your Cygwin application must conform to the GPL. I call your attention to the last paragraph. I'm pretty sure it's correct, but I don't speak for Red Hat, so someone should check that I haven't lied. Thanks, David -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/