Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 18:03:34 +0000 From: Ian Miller To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: LGPL is for libraries not GPL Message-ID: <20000301180334.A13900@trogon.csd.abdn.ac.uk> References: <200003011725 DOT MAA05764 AT pokey DOT netcommunity DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200003011725.MAA05764@pokey.netcommunity.com>; from bill.chatfield@netcommunity.com on Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 12:25:15PM -0500 On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 12:25:15PM -0500, bill DOT chatfield AT netcommunity DOT com screived: > 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. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html -- +-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | ian miller; research student; | "With the utmost respect, I must, if | | learning agents and systems group; | asked for my opinion, tell you that | | university of aberdeen, scotland. | I regard your account as rubbish." | +-------------------------------------+ | | imiller AT csd DOT abdn DOT ac DOT uk | -- John Maynard Keynes | | http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~imiller/ | (to Lloyd-George) | +-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com