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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 21:07:03 -0500
From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>, Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: Does GPL apply without Cygwin stub? [long and off-topic] (was Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990307195915.12096C-100000@mail.perspex.com>; from Tripp Lilley on Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 08:14:22PM -0500

On Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 08:14:22PM -0500, Tripp Lilley wrote:
>On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Chris Faylor wrote:
>
>> If a program is built using the cygwin stub library (-lcygwin) it *must*
>> be GPLed.  This is not an optional thing.  It's a legal requirement.
>
>If the program is not built using the cygwin stub, but /does/ link to the
>DLL using the OS' dynamic linking facility, does it still have to be
>distributed under the GPL?

I am not an expert but I believe that if you avoid using libcygwin.a and
(more importantly) crt0.o then you'd probably be safe.

cgf


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