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Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 13:54:27 -0500
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: bill DOT chatfield AT netcommunity DOT com
CC: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
In-reply-to: <200003011725.MAA05764@pokey.netcommunity.com>
	(bill DOT chatfield AT netcommunity DOT com)
Subject: Re: LGPL is for libraries not GPL
References:  <200003011725 DOT MAA05764 AT pokey DOT netcommunity DOT com>


> Why doesn't Cygwin use the LGPL?  cygwin.dll is a library.  LGPL is
> for libraries.  GPL is for programs.  cygwin.dll is the type of
> thing that the LGPL was created for.

We don't use it because the LGPL isn't "for libraries".  It's called
the "Lesser GPL" and it's for people who want less protection than the
GPL provides.  We don't.

Never use the LGPL for *anything* unless you really understand the
differences between the GPL and the LGPL, and you really do want those
differences.

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