Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <00ae01be69ba$d4faeac0$29acdfd0@InspirePharm.Com> From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" To: "DJ Delorie" , Cc: Subject: Re: Does GPL apply without Cygwin stub? [long and off-topic] (was Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey) Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 18:24:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.0810.800 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.0810.800 > >> Ergo, if you buy such a product, you MUST NOT run any other software that >> loads the cygwin1.dll, because either you would be making their product >> load the GPL'd dll or your GPL software would be loading the license >> restricted dll. > >Since Windows checks the directory the executable runs from before the >PATH, this shouldn't be a problem if the dll is stored with the >executable and you manage your path properly. Yes, I know it doesn't >always work that way. If you have two cygwin1.dlls in your PATH and >they're incompatible, you might have other problems anyway. > Is this GLD or GPL-jokes? If so, one will be better of not using any software. GPL licensing from GNU is a mess anyway. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com