X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:50:35 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: libboost? Message-ID: <20110110075035.GA25208@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 02:44:39PM +0800, Steven Woody wrote: >I noticed cygwin comes with libboost. I then come up with a question: >Can I develop c++ application using libboost without distribute >cygwin1.dll and other cyg**.dll files? Usually, as I understand, if I >want to develop c++ application, I have to distribute cyg**.dll. I am >trying to bypass this limitation. The simple act of using a library does not remove Cygwin's licensing. If your program uses the Cygwin DLL then you are subject to its licensing terms. Ditto all of the other libraries that your program may use. Maybe you want the MinGW project if you don't want Cygwin's POSIX functionality and just need the boost libraries. http://mingw.org/ -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple